> 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. > Obviously every college is different, but at this point in time the vast majority of CS courses make use of C++ and Java.
> 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? > "A Computer Science Tapestry" by Owen L. Astrachan Copyright 1997 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072465360 All major OO languages have constructors. I am sure there is some weird niche OO language that hides them from you though. -Matt ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.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
