Dude, wheres the object-orientation?
Oops, I forgot!Just kidding. There are three reasons I left out object-oriented programming from this book. Before I tell you my reasons, let me just say that if it really, really matters to you, and you do not agree with the reasons below, and this is crucial you can answer well the third item (which is a question), then I’ll consider writing a chapter on object-orientation for you.Okay, now for my reasons. These are predicated on the belief that these days, most students are already exposed to a hearty dose of OOP (via Java) in their first two years of college. • First, the positive answer. I want to expose students to an exciting world populated by strange and wondrous languages. I hope that something they see will spark their imagination, making them question the way they’ve programmed in the past and enticing them to try new ways in the future. Discussing OOP in this book would not be exposing them to one such new thing; it would just be explaining an old thing.
