On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 12:42:50 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Rustom Mody : > > > However conceptually/pedagogically making a fundamenal distinction of > > timeless | time > > value | object > > immutable | mutable > > expression | statement > > function | procedure > > > > is key to getting programming [and is something that Pascal got better > > than most of its successors]. > > > > The FPers want to squeeze the whole world into column 1 > > The OOPers want to do the opposite and are embarrassed by the existence of > > column-1 [status of int in java etc] > > Unless one is committed to some philosophical extreme position -- > > Only One True Way -- I believe accepting two fundamentals is the most > > sane choice > > I sympathize. Can you get Python without getting a language like C > first? Can a baby be born without an umbilical cord? Can you skip Newton > and go straight to quantum mechanics and relativity? I have noticed some > experienced Java programmers are a bit lost in the woods because they > don't have an idea of what is going on under the hood.
And how would you classify C# in this scheme (pun unintended)? Note that C# is in .Net what C is in Unix -- the primary building block language. But C# also has claims to being higher level than C like java/python etc. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
