November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
670 pages
17h 35m
English
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Edsger W. Dijkstra says OOP is a bad idea
The Dutch computer scientist, Dijkstra, provides the following insight on OOP:
"Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California."
- Edsger W. Dijkstra
What? OOP is an exceptionally bad idea? Why?
First, let's understand a little bit more about Edsger W. Dijkstra.