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I really don't understand the modern hate towards OOP. From my experience over the last few decades working with large C and C++ codebases, the former turns into a big ball of mud first.

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Most hate of OOP comes from the definition that OOP = inheritance. Meanwhile, among people that consider themselves OO programmers, there is often the same revulsion towards inheritance and a preference for encapsulation while still calling that OOP. Because each language is subtly different, these things tend to flame war.

Which of course people do and why of course you have:

> PSYC 4410: Obsessions of the Programmer Mind

I think that OOP can be good for some things, but that does not mean that all or most programs should use OOP for all or most things. I would say that for most things it is not helpful, even though sometimes it is helpful.

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