Objects and Legacy Systems
As OO moved into the mainstream, one of the issues facing developers was the integration of new OO technologies with existing systems. At the time, lines were being drawn between OO and structured (or procedural) programming, which was the dominant development paradigm at the time. I always found this odd because, in my mind, object-oriented and structured programming do not compete with each other. They are complementary because objects integrate well with structured code. Even now, I often hear this question: Are you a structured programmer or an object-oriented programmer? Without hesitation, I would answer: both.
In the same vein, object-oriented code is not meant to replace structured code. Many non-OO legacy systems ...
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