It's called "imperative/procedural programming", and has been around for as long as computers if not longer (in the form of instructions to humans). I think the problem in frameworks is not so much the inverted flow of control as it is the extraneous use thereof --- control flow that bounces around between many functions is difficult to follow in general. It all comes down to the fact that abstractions have a cost and benefit; the important point is when to make the decision to use one in which the benefits outweigh the costs..