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by picozeta 3837 days ago
> The same arguments were made about object orientation: I've never needed it, it's useless baggage with no real world benefits, it sounds great in theory but has no practical use...

And haven't this people been right? :)

It was (and still is, but people are fortunately more skeptic) completely oversold like REST now.

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For me the oversold part about OO is inheritance and design patterns. I find classes plus composition are really natural and helpful for a lot of problems.