>Eat the apple, man! You've got a deadline! (And besides, that knife looks awfully sharp -- you don't want to cut yourself...)
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>>I see this issue as having an apple, the OO way says cut the apple and get the seeds and plant them and wait. The procedural way says eat the apple. If I eat the apple I get immediate gratification. If I plant the apple I a lifetime of gratification but I have to wait a while before it starts.

Christopher,

Yes, that will meet my current deadline but it does nothing for all of the other deadlines I will get in the future (deadlines are seldom met regardless). I am destined to repeat the same mistakes over again on every project with that approach. If I plant the apple then I will get better and better at rapid development with each new project.

It is the age old issue of immediate gratification versus long term improvement.