Aahz wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Chris Carlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>From what I've read of OOP, I don't get it. > > For that matter, even using OOP a bit with C++ and Perl, I didn't get it > until I learned Python. > >>The problem for me is that I've programmed extensively in C and .asm on >>PC DOS way back in 1988. > > Newbie. ;-) > > (I started with BASIC in 1976.)
Heh heh, I actually first programmed when the RadioShack TRS-80 came out. I think I saw it first in 1978 when I was 11. I would hang out in the store for hours writing crude video games. > My experience is that learning GUI programming is difficult. Moreover, > GUI programming in C involves a lot of boilerplate that can be automated > more easily with Python. So I think this will be a better solution. > > Note very very carefully that Python does not require an OOP style of > programming, but it will almost certainly be the case that you just > naturally start using OOP techniques as you learn Python. Thanks for the input! -- Good day! ________________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser&Electronics Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE, delete texts: "RemoveThis" and "BOGUS" from email address to reply. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
