On 05/09/10 02:19, Tino Dai wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > My friend and I were having a disagreement about Python. Has Python > always been an OO language or was it at one point a procedural language like > C? Thanks!
AFAIK Python has always been a mixed paradigm language. You can write fully OO code if you want, as well as procedural-style or imperative-style code (especially handy for quickie-scripts[1]). But as Bob Gailer pointed out, most OOP languages are build on top of procedural base, which is itself is build on top of imperative base. [1] compare to Java, a simple "hello world" must contain a class declaration, then a 'public stupi^B^B^Batic main', etc. Even C must have "public main". _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
