Brian Blais wrote:
> Peter Drake wrote:
>> Is anyone else using Python procedurally in an intro course, or is what
>> I'm doing here perverse?
...
> this one, *for the audience you are dealing with*. I've taught programming
> for a
> number of years, both OO and procedural, and I find that if someone has math
> phobia,
> *and* you only have a limited time (like a semester), then OO is way more
> powerful
> than you need to get into, and is thus unduly confusing for the students.
> For those
> who have had a little programming, OO can make some things very nice.
>
> Therefore, I do most of my python teaching procedurally, and leave the OO for
> the
> slightly more advanced students.
Peter, Brian...
+1 (as we say... ;) )
Vern
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