in 760378 20160602 131534 Alan Evangelista <ala...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: >On 06/02/2016 02:44 AM, Lawrence D�Oliveiro wrote: >> On Monday, May 30, 2016 at 7:17:47 AM UTC+12, Alan Evangelista wrote: >>> - Java forces everything to be implemented in OO model (classes) >> After you have spend a few months battering your head against the rigidity >> and verbosity of Java, >> you will run back to Python with a sense of relief. > >The point was which programming language was better to teach object oriented >concepts, >rigidity and verbosity has nothing to do with this. Most of this discussion >has leaned towards >other criteria beyond adherence to OO paradigm (eg static typing vs dynamic >typing and >personal taste), so I have chosen to not continue it. > >For some reason, Java still one of the most used programming languages to >teach OO >in universities. In real life projects, people has the freedom to choose >whatever they >prefer, though. =)
Rarely; the employer usually decides which language(s) to use.
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