OO is an incredibly powerful tool but is unnecessary for so many tasks. The contrived examples of many books show beautifully, as does this example, simple inh

OO is an incredibly powerful tool but is unnecessary for so many tasks. The contrived examples of many books show beautifully, as does this example, simple inheritance hierarchies that get at the gist of it but are not really an appropriate use of the technology. Everything does not need to be modeled as an object, oftentimes with only one or two methods, no internal state, etc. Some of the newer multi-paradigm languages (F# and Scala come to mind at first glance) seem poised to rescue us from improper use of OOP when you are stuck in an OO environment with a non-OO pattern or problem to solve. You get the OO stuff when you need it, with a more flexible syntax, without being strapped into a design straightjacket.