At 07:55 AM 7/11/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Generally speaking, CS programs tend to teach programming using C++, >which has both constructors and destructors.
My curriculum used Pascal for the introductory courses. When I was graduating, they were moving over to Java. I never saw C ( or C++ ) in college. The only other program that I knew about took a completely different approach which was to throw as many languages as possible at the student and during their first year they were exposed to ~10 different languages. >However, most programs do >try to teach the concepts separately from the language. From my OO text >book I see the following... > >The object takes responsibility for everything that happens to it, from >the cradle to the grave. At its birth, a special member function called >a constructor, is called, and at its demise, a second member function >called a destructor is called. What text? The one I have on my desk is: "An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming" by Timothy Budd Of course, it was published in 1991 (written before Java and the Web). I wonder how many Object Oriented languages have constructors built in? Is it just C++ and Java, or have constructors become a universal trademark in all OO languages? -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Need a Web Developer? Contact me! AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My CFMX Book: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225564/instantcoldfu-20> My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
