[Edu-sig] When to introduce OOP

[Kirby Urner]

I agree:  no need to delay OOP.  Just as many urban
areas are going directly to cell phone, because the
land lines system is a mess (e.g. Budapest), so might
newbies to programming start directly with OOP.  No
need for this "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"
nonsense -- not really true in bio either, despite
the hype.

And it's not all that "either/or" either:  procedural
code is embedded inside of objects.  Write a standard
procedure and then swallow it, make it a part of some
"thing" -- as easy to understand as digestion.

The objects model is everywhere:  any electronic gizo
exports its API via its control panel.  Interfaces to
behind-the-scenes guts -- what could be more everyday?

Kirby