Criticism Oriented Object Methodologies

Criticism Oriented Object Methodologies

Criticism

Sites which express views which are critical of Object-Oriented Programming and/or Object-Oriented Design.

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- Article by Gregory V. Wilson. Is an open, more flexible programming environment just around the corner?
- Articles about software development, especially methodologies such as Extreme Programming and ICONIX. Also includes links and discussions.
- 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.
- Lengthy paper critiquing OOP and OOD. Includes a review of empirical research into OOP.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bruce Karsh argues that structured programming "is a really bad idea that has been holding back progress for years". Not intentionally humorous.
- Short essay by Erlang programmer critiques object-oriented programming from the perspective of functional programming, mostly.
- 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.
- Example using object-oriented polymorphism in object-oriented and non object-oriented programming languages.

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