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		jupp0r on June 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Object-oriented Programming with ANSI-C (1993) [pd... Agreed, I think it's been a hype at the beginning of OOP, then got overused in Java in the 90s and subsequently taught to every CS college student and it kind of stuck because in college, you don't get to maintain large software projects.

vaughan on June 22, 2023 [–]

OO is the king of the contrived example

    const dog = new Dog
    dog.woof()

Now you see how simple OO is, let's build banking software.

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