On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Thodoris <tgol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi gang: >> >> At the college where I teach, they are considering teaching OOP, but they >> don't want to settle on a specific language. >> >> My thoughts are it's difficult to teach OOP without a language -- while >> the general concepts of OOP are interesting, people need to see how concepts >> are applied to understand how they work -- thus I think a specific language >> is required >> >> I lean toward C++ because I wrote in it for a few years AND C++ appears to >> be the most common, widespread, and popular OOP language. >> >> However, while I don't know PHP OOP, I am open to considering it because >> of the proliferation of web based applications. My personal opinion is >> that's where all programming is headed anyway, but that's just my opinion. >> >> With that said, what's the differences and advantages/disadvantages >> between C++ and PHP OOP? >> >> Cheers, >> >> tedd >> > > IMHO I think that you are right about using a specific language and you > should strongly insist on that. Someone needs to see how objects are taking > flesh and bones in real life and not just theoretically. > > You could consider Java as well before taking your final decision. > > -- > Thodoris > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Especially since PHP is trying to be Java. :) -- http://www.voom.me | EFnet: #voom -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
