On 2009-01-30, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Hung Vo <hungv...@gmail.com> wrote: ><snip> >> I'm new to Python and also wondering about OOP in Python. >> >> I want to justify the above question (is Python Object-Oriented?). >> Does Python follow the concepts/practices of Encapsulation, >> Polymorphism and Interface, which are quite familiar to Java >> programmers? > > If you're looking for a benchmark for object-orientedness, Smalltalk, > not Java, is the canonical language to compare against.
As long as one doesn't then conflate message-passingness with object-orientedness. [Not that I'm implying Chris does, but given the OP's comments one worries that he might.] -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I know things about at TROY DONAHUE that can't visi.com even be PRINTED!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list