1. If OO is a poor fit for modern hardware, FP is much, much worse.
2. Actually OO is highly compositional.
3. The few actual studies that have been done disagree on static FP being more expressive (or safer). In fact, if you look at something like Mozart/Oz, they make the case that FP is less expressive.
4. Agree there is no silver bullet. On the other hand, the gentleman who wrote "No Silver Bullet" actually also wrote that he viewed OO as one of the closest shots we have at a silver bullet. And 10 years later wrote that this turned out to be correct.
2. Actually OO is highly compositional.
3. The few actual studies that have been done disagree on static FP being more expressive (or safer). In fact, if you look at something like Mozart/Oz, they make the case that FP is less expressive.
4. Agree there is no silver bullet. On the other hand, the gentleman who wrote "No Silver Bullet" actually also wrote that he viewed OO as one of the closest shots we have at a silver bullet. And 10 years later wrote that this turned out to be correct.