What is OOP, really? Why so many different definitions?

matcha_addict@lemy.lol to Programming@programming.dev – 50 points –

There are so many definitions of OOP out there, varying between different books, documentation and articles.

What really defines OOP?

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Dude, you're going to shit bricks when you realize most computer science jargon is just marketing buzzwords on top of marketing buzzwords and the terms never meant anything more or less it needed to sell a product.

For example, what the hell is big data? What is a scripting language? Is your DB web scale?

For example, what the hell is big data?

Big data is when we align our agile synergies at scale.

Vertical integration!

That one phrase does mean something though, and it should be fucking illegal.

Wait, so, the Cloud is actually just a bunch of other computers, called servers, and the only real innovation is basically a load balancing system?

Next youre gonna tell me I wont be able to stream lagless video games and also do competitive multiplayer on my Google Stadia, pff, like youre some kind of expert or something.

/s

I wont be able to stream lagless video games and also do competitive multiplayer on my Google Stadia

Negative latency!

God I still cannot believe how obviously bullshit that all was and how many fucking idiots parroted it hook line and sinker.

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