"Some of the advantages of object-oriented programming may be psychological in nature. For example, Schwill argues that “the object-oriented paradigm...is consi

"Some of the advantages of object-oriented programming may be psychological in nature. For example, Schwill argues that “the object-oriented paradigm...is consistent with the natural way of human thinking” [28]. Such explanations may be important, but they are out of scope in this inquiry; I am instead interested in whether there might be significant technical advantages of object-oriented programming." This seems to be throwing the rhetorical baby out with the bathwater - programming is not only a technical activity, but in large part a technical activity performed BY HUMANS, and generally to satisfy requirements generated by other humans.