[Tutor] unittest and private methods

[Alan Gauld]

> I'm really enjoying Python. I don't like the "sentence structure" quite 
> as much as Smalltalk (ie I like anObject actOn: a untilYouSee: b), 

Have you looked at Objective C?
It uses Smalltalk style messaging, but in a C language framework.

> I find it much faster to do things in Python even over Visual Basic. 

For sure, other than GUI design.

> some reason I struggled with OO in C++ when I looked into it 

C++ was fairly easy up until v2 but then the ISO process added 
so many twisted features that it just became unusable IMHO.

> and Java always seemed to be a big red stop sign for me 

You are not alone! Java ranks alongside COBOL as one of my 
least favourite languages and unfortunately I have to work with 
both! (Fortunately not too often)

Alan G