Implying that existence of your tool of preference in another programming language makes other equally impressive tools something akin to "[colossal] mistake that we'll pay for for years" "simply motivated by inertia" is way below the level of discussion I would expect from Hacker News.
I would have given the OOP the effort and due respect is formulating my response if it was phrased in the way you're describing. It's only fair that comments that strongly violate the norms of substantive discourse don't get a well-crafted response back.