Criticism (Object-Oriented)

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Objects Have Failed By Richard P. Gabriel; OOPSLA 2002 address, Seattle, WA. A paradigm fails when the narrative it embodies fails to speak truth, or when its proponents embrace it beyond reason. http://dreamsongs.com/ObjectsHaveFailedNarrative.html USENIX - Invited Talk: Objecting to Objects Paper which argues that OOP's main benefits stem from helping developers think more clearly - and that these benefits can be gained without using OOP. http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sf94/full_papers/johnson.html Why OO Sucks Short essay by Erlang programmer critiques object-oriented programming from the perspective of functional programming, mostly. http://www.bluetail.com/~joe/vol1/v1_oo.html Critique of the Object-Oriented Paradigm - Beyond Object-Orientation Lengthy paper critiquing OOP and OOD. Includes a review of empirical research into OOP. http://members.aol.com/shaz7862/critique.htm OOP Criticism The author states that Object-Oriented programming (and development in general) has been oversold and overemphasized. They try to debunk some myths on the topic. http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/oopbad.htm Nuts to OOP! Seasoned programmer Thomas Niemann thinks the increasingly widespread use of object-oriented programming in embedded development is largely unwarranted. Followed by a contrary view from the technical editor of Embedded Systems Programming. http://www.embedded.com/1999/9908/9908feat1.htm Software Reality Articles about software development, especially methodologies such as Extreme Programming and ICONIX. Also includes links and discussions. http://www.softwarereality.com/ OO Example Code Example using object-oriented polymorphism in object-oriented and non object-oriented programming languages. http://onestepback.org/articles/poly/ The Risks Digest Volume 8: Issue 8 Bruce Karsh argues that structured programming "is a really bad idea that has been holding back progress for years". Not intentionally humorous. http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/8.08.html#subj1 Object Oriented Programming Oversold! Essay by "Topmind", a comp.objects regular; organized as rebuttal of a series of alleged OOP myths, argues that OOP is far less effective for custom business software than the industry often assumes. Long criticism on many levels and variables. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/6888/oopbad.htm

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