In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas G. Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sep 20, 5:23=A0am, candide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Excerpt quoted fromhttp://www.astro.ufl.edu/~warner/prog/python.html: >> >> "About Python: Python is a high level scripting language with object >> oriented features. >> (...) >> Python supports OOP and classes to an extent, but is not a full OOP >> language." >> >> Thanks for any comment. > >My comment is "Who cares?" > >I was always under the impression that if any language truly was "OO" >it would be smalltalk. And I don't derive any benefit from smalltalk >at all. I do however derive substantial benefit from other languages >that "OO zealots" would likely poo poo on including python.
"...some experts might say a C++ program is not object-oriented without inheritance and virtual functions. As one of the early Smalltalk implementors myself, I can say they are full of themselves." --zconcept -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." --Richard Bach -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list