OOP has the same relationship to programming that formalist literary critique does to writing: the willful denial of connection to reality. When you're solvin

OOP has the same relationship to programming that formalist literary critique does to writing: the willful denial of connection to reality. When you're solving a problem that's connected to the real world--perhaps you have a deadline, or a live human being will use your program at some point--it's often better to just go ahead and build something that works and can be easily explained to the person who will maintain it in the future. As with formalism you should know how OOP works and how seriously others take it, so you don't get into fights with your relatives at Thanskgiving.