Articles about software development, especially methodologies such as Extreme Programming and ICONIX. Also includes links and discussions.

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.

Short essay by Erlang programmer critiques object-oriented programming from the perspective of functional programming, mostly.

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.

Example using object-oriented polymorphism in object-oriented and non object-oriented programming languages.

Bruce Karsh argues that structured programming "is a really bad idea that has been holding back progress for years". Not intentionally humorous.

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.

Is an open, more flexible programming environment just around the corner? Article by Gregory V. Wilson. ACM Queue.