Viewpoint Objects Never? Well, Hardly Ever!

The article presents a critique of object-oriented programming (OOP), noting that it has been widely promoted as a dominant method in the field of computer software development, but has not proved as useful as its proponents allege. The author notes that his experience using and teaching OOP has not...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 53; no. 9; pp. 32 - 36
Autor principal: Ben-Ari, Mordechai
Formato: Opinion
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Sep2010
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Sumario:The article presents a critique of object-oriented programming (OOP), noting that it has been widely promoted as a dominant method in the field of computer software development, but has not proved as useful as its proponents allege. The author notes that his experience using and teaching OOP has not convinced him of the method's utility. An example involving the development of embedded software for automobiles is presented, to illustrate the irrelevance of OOP in this context.