Treffer: The Missing Ingredient.

This article looks at the importance of intellectual stimulation to computer programming. Although the software crisis will not disappear, the new programming models offer promising tools for tackling aspects of the malaise. The periodic challenge of a new language is essential. It should be an exciting extension of an existing language. A sudden leap from procedural to nonprocedural, or from logical to illogical is too exciting for comfort. Object oriented programming can be grafted onto almost any of the familiar procedural languages.