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Object-oriented programming, the foundation of modern software engineering, enables developers to structure their code into reusable “objects” that model real-world entities.

Functional programming supports well-defined, defensible software giving reproducible results. Object-oriented programming is the mechanism par excellence for managing complexity while keeping things ...