Thanks. Kirby's is an interesting response with which I basically agree.
Those of us who learned programming when the model was close to the
machine model (Fortran, C) have had a hard time wrapping our heads
around objects.
A good friend whom I very much admire has argued (this was per-Python
so
> To further discussion on this question I have set up a blog. (I hate that
> blogs are in reverse chronological order; I posted the articles in the
> opposite order than the reading order so you can read from top to bottom!)
>
I'd rather post thoughts to edu-sig if you don't mind, as your
questio
Dear Python-in-Education types
For Python to gain the ground it ought to in educational settings will not
happen automatically.
To do my part, I have decided that my first article in the Python Papers
should be about comparing Python to other common first languages for
learning and teaching. I'd
