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.
url: www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/6888/oopbad.ht...
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.
url: www.geocities.com/tablizer/oopbad.htm
Software Reality
Articles about software development, especially methodologies such as Extreme Programming and ICONIX. Also includes links and discussions.
url: www.softwarereality.com/
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.
url: www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sf...
Why OO Sucks
Short essay by Erlang programmer critiques object-oriented programming from the perspective of functional programming, mostly.
url: www.bluetail.com/~joe/vol1/v1_oo.html
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.
url: dreamsongs.com/ObjectsHaveFailedNarrative.html
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.
url: www.embedded.com/1999/9908/9908feat1.htm
Critique of the Object-Oriented Paradigm - Beyond Object-Orientation
Lengthy paper critiquing OOP and OOD. Includes a review of empirical research into OOP.
url: members.aol.com/shaz7862/critique.htm
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.
url: catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/8.08.html#subj1
