>>What about those that say that OO is a tool just as everything else. It is to be used, but it is not an End-all, Be-all.
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>This is inherently true. OOP is methodology. Granted it is a very popular and rock solid one.

Agreed. Also, the mere fact that the product (VFP in this case) uses built-in OO-methodology forces developers to adopt it as default, just to avoid painful collisions.