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Objects Have Failed - http://dreamsongs.com/ObjectsHaveFailedNarrative.html
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. |
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Object Oriented Programming Oversold! - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/6888/oopbad.htm
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. |
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Software Reality - http://www.softwarereality.com/
Articles about software development, especially methodologies such as Extreme Programming and ICONIX. Also includes links and discussions. |
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OO Example Code - http://onestepback.org/articles/poly/
Example using object-oriented polymorphism in object-oriented and non object-oriented programming languages. |
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USENIX - Invited Talk: Objecting to Objects - http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sf94/full_papers/johnson.html
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. |