On 1 Jan 2011 17:47, "Ricky Clarkson" <ricky.clark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Try teaching functional programming > > in straight Java 6, or object oriented programming in Basic. > > Oddly enough, I 'discovered' functional programming in straight Java > (5 at the time), and object-oriented programming in Basic (Blitz Basic > 2).
When Odersky taught me Java in '98 he commented on the functional aspects ... and that was 1.2 But that was after several years of Fortran, Modula-2, Lisp, and Miranda... alot of good that turned out to be ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.