Post-OOP: not just an "unfortunate acronym"?

Oren Tirosh oren-py-l at hishome.net
Wed Apr 16 04:15:29 EDT 2003


On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 09:26:16PM +0000, Anna wrote:
> The 1960s and '70s saw a crusade to root out "spaghetti code"
> and replace it with "structured programming." Since the 1980s software
> development has been dominated by a methodology known as object-oriented
> programming, or OOP. 

The biggest innovation in OOP is that the kind of people that used to
write spaghetti code now design spaghetti class hierarchies.

> Now there are signs that OOP may be running out of
> oomph, and discontented programmers are once again casting about for the
> next big idea. 

And the reason these programmers feel their discontent has anything to do 
with the methodology they are using is... ?  

    Oren





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