More like, "ha ha, only serious" Object fields = Data Division; Bean = Copy Book Practices that actively discourage functional style programming in favor of p

More like, "ha ha, only serious" Object fields = Data Division; Bean = Copy Book Practices that actively discourage functional style programming in favor of procedural style programming with widely scoped variables. I'm glad Java is more widely used than C++, but it's a hard language to really love, despite being (mostly) how I earn my living.