Who cares. I don't think n00bs are taking what you say and running with it without understanding it. It's not like they're going to quote something they don't understand. The hatred for OOP is from a genuine belief that they understand the concepts (and so is the love.) If anything what you say could only change the direction of what they choose to learn. I doubt they'll quote or promote anything they don't fully understand.
>An expert in PL theory is not an expert at writing programs or at engineering business solutions that leverage the known science of computers.
Nobody is an expert at this because there's no formal theory behind "business solutions" It's all people making shit up and walking in circles. Is your arbitrary solution the best? Is someone else's better? Maybe your solution is just mediocre how do we rate any of this what exactly is a "good business solution?" This whole field is largely an art.
So when a field is an art you get people liking terrible drawings done by a three year old, take a look:
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/5f/c9/4f/5fc94f54df98d50bfae9b1807...
Wait I lied it's Pablo Picasso. This work is the work of a genius according to most people. But you can definitely see why from other angles it's considered pure crap. Is this guy an expert or is he on drugs? Maybe both, nobody knows... same with business solution architects.
Because nobody can formally define "good business solutions" most of these "business solutions" including OOP is just like that piece of art above. It's all opinion and people making shit up.
So just discount it all. Modern art to me is a form of fraud. And so is a business solution architect or an OOP architect. Follow the science, follow what's definitive.
Yes precisely. I'm not trying to blame experts or people learning from them, I'm just describing the phenomenon, too which I am not exempt from. I'm just as much a part of it as everyone else, and I've been in both sides, the expert side, and the learner side.
I try to be more aware of it now, and tone down my statements or be more precise on the extent of my criticism, when in the expert side. And when in the learner side, I try to be more skeptical of blanket statement, and not to take everything at face value, to look for the details and read up on the nuances so I don't distort and bias my understanding.
Understanding that phenomenon explains why even if it appears as if everyone hates OOP, it is still widely spread and in use, basically because it's much more complicated then that.
I won't address the rest of your comment, because I'm actually a functional programmer in my day job, even though I've done ton of OOP prior. I prefer FP, but in reality, I prefer the convergence of good ideas which many modern languages are bringing, and for whom the ideas come from OO and FP alike.
Edit: Okay, I will address one thing. An expert in PL theory is not an expert at writing programs or at engineering business solutions that leverage the known science of computers.