Steve, Thanks for all of this information. It seems the OP has sparked the kind of discussion that I had hopped for when I posted http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.tutor/83251
Luckily though I did get an excellent response from Alan. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.tutor/83251/focus=83252 Still what you have posted here has been a good read, so, thank you. -- Jordan On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On 23/08/13 00:59, Andy McKenzie wrote: >> >> Isn't object orientation kind of the whole POINT of Python? From >> python.org: >> "Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming >> language >> with dynamic semantics." > > > > Well, yes and no. > > Python is an object-oriented language in the sense that all of Python is > built using objects. Everything, including modules, functions, ints, > strings, yes, even classes themselves, are objects. > > But also no, in the sense that the code you write doesn't have to be written > using OOP techniques. Python is a multi-paradigm language in the sense that > you can write code using any of these styles: > > - object-oriented > > - functional > > - procedural > > - imperative > > - or a mix of all of the above. > > > -- > Steven > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
