text: object oriented methodology versus structured methodology?   oo has a bit more detail and, for lack of a better word, 'friendliness' when keeping track of lots of variables and functions in a meaningful way.  being a more modern approach, oo will have better built-in features in the compilers of each language.  one disadvantage though is if you use a high-generation language like vb6 you can get very bloated code compilations, when the same program done in say, c, will compile into a smaller executable.  this adds up when you include header files and other executables to your main program.  having worked professionally in both environments, i can say that maintaining someone else's code in vb or any oo is far easier to read than doing the same in someone else's c code, especially in very large programs.