> How has object orientation helped my customers? Frankly, I can't think of a thing. Add that quote to this list. No. Why? Because it's bad. Not just prosai

> How has object orientation helped my customers? Frankly, I can't think of a thing. Add that quote to this list. No. Why? Because it's bad. Not just prosaically, but because you haven't even bothered to make a point. > [...] Most of it was to make developers who couldn't build what was really needed appear as if they could. This has helped consulting firms and enterprise I.T. departments justify their rates and schedules, but has added little to the customers' benefit. It sounds like you think OO: 1) has been overblown to justify high salaries > OO is the “structured programming” snake oil of the 90' and 2) has added needless complexity > “The problem with object-oriented languages is they’ve got all this implicit environment that they carry around with them. You wanted a banana but what you got was a gorilla holding the banana and the entire jungle.” See? Your point was there, it was just actually said in a substantive, humorous way.