On 2/7/07, Vern Ceder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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... ;) ) >
+1 from me as well. André > Vern > -- _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
