Object Oriented Programming Oversold! 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. (Criticism) http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/6888/oopbad.htm
Why OO Sucks Why OO Sucks: Short essay by Erlang programmer critiques object-oriented programming from the perspective of functional programming, mostly. (Criticism) http://www.bluetail.com/~joe/vol1/v1_oo.html
Critique of the Object-Oriented Paradigm - Beyond Object-Orientation Critique of the Object-Oriented Paradigm - Beyond Object-Orientation: Lengthy paper critiquing OOP and OOD. Includes a review of empirical research into OOP. (Criticism) http://members.aol.com/shaz7862/critique.htm
OO Example Code OO Example Code: Example using object-oriented polymorphism in object-oriented and non object-oriented programming languages. (Criticism) http://onestepback.org/articles/poly/
OOP Criticism 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. (Criticism) http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/oopbad.htm
Objects Have Failed 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. (Criticism) http://dreamsongs.com/ObjectsHaveFailedNarrative.html
The Risks Digest Volume 8: Issue 8 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. (Criticism) http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/8.08.html#subj1
Software Reality Software Reality: Articles about software development, especially methodologies such as Extreme Programming and ICONIX. Also includes links and discussions. (Criticism) http://www.softwarereality.com/
USENIX - Invited Talk: Objecting to Objects 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. (Criticism) http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sf94/full_papers/johnson.html
Nuts to OOP! 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. (Criticism) http://www.embedded.com/1999/9908/9908feat1.htm
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Information: Sites which express views which are critical of Object-Oriented Programming and/or Object-Oriented Design.
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