Simon, I think it just goes to show you can program badly in any language. And, I've also seen surprisingly well-designed and "structured" programming in non-structured programming languages. This proves to me that a good language, even an OO language, can only help a programmer out so much. Giving a non-OO programmer an OO language, does not instantly make an OO programmer out of them.
As far as Yury's question goes, aforementioned compatibility issues notwithstanding, I still encourage him to go for it.
