My guess is that object-oriented programming will be in the 1980s what structured programming will be in 1970s. Everyone will be in favor of it. Every manufacturer will promote his products as supporting it. Every manager will pay lip service to it. Every programmer will practice it (differently). And no one will know just what it is.

T. Rentsch

The more I read these words, the more I’m convinced this is one of the more accurate prediction I’ve heard about in programming. I feel it so… real.

via Booch, Grady. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications, Second Edition. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1993. Link.
via West, David. Object Thinking. Redmon: Microsft Press, 2003. Link.