[ska]

Whatever the reasons behind it, it is clear that a lot of the effective and high impact industrial languages at various levels of the stack (e.g. c++, ada, Java/C#, python, perl, javascript,etc.) have not managed to incorporate some of the real wisdom learned in earlier systems (e.g. smalltalk an some lisps for OO, etc.)

If this was in fact avoidable, it is a sad fact.

[le-mark]

This type stupid bloviating is why programming will never be a proper engineering discipline. There are two ways to implement oop: classes aka "object templates" or prototypes. Educate your selves people!

[ska]

The tone makes it difficult to tell, but I think you are supporting my thesis - mistakes of the past are, in fact, being repeated. Engineering disciplines succeed by a) learning the science and b) applying it properly. We do not do that well in programming. So yes, educate yourself, and then take the lessons to heart.

[marktangotango]

This a valid observation, why have no down voters commented? Oop implementation was studied extensively in 80's, CLOS was very contentious in fact. The lack of training and perspective is stunning.