[Tutor] Sun says: Don't use Java, use Python!
alan.gauld@bt.com
alan.gauld@bt.com
Wed Feb 12 07:51:02 2003
> <dramatization>
> Erik: "What I have heard is that in Java everything is an object."
> Alan: "Not so. In Java, everything is a class."
> </dramatization>
Probably. Its my main philosophical gripe with Java. It is badly
done from a pure OOP point of view.
> by putting a bunch of procedural code into the main method of
> a class. It isn't a good way to start off.
Absolutely! But it is an acceptable Java idiom unfortunately.
cf the math operations...
BTW I have no problem with providing the ability to create functions
(a la Python) but lets not pretend that wrapping them in a class
has anything to do with OOP!
Alan G.