So I have been writing code of one sort or another for over 15 years (mostly Perl) and there is still one thing I don?t get ... what is the advantage of object oriented programming (OOP) over procedural programming (PP)? I want to have an open discussion on the topic. Obviously I deal with both OOP and PP, but I am strongly in the PP camp. I am wondering ?did I miss the boat?? I heard that Perl 6 will have very strong OOP and possibly will be pure OOP only, so if Larry Wall (way smarter then me) thinks it is a good idea, I must have missed something.