Structured programming was a life saver. Lack of its discipline was literally life-threatening. You can not know how grim things were for me before it came al

Structured programming was a life saver. Lack of its discipline was literally life-threatening. You can not know how grim things were for me before it came along. Object Oriented Programming was nearly as life changing. Learning OOP was damn near a religious experience. Learning these two things were among the high points in my life.