[Edu-sig] Procedural front end for Zelle's graphics.py

[Vern Ceder]

Brian Blais wrote:
> Peter Drake wrote:
>> Is anyone else using Python procedurally in an intro course, or is what 
>> I'm doing here perverse?
...
> this one, *for the audience you are dealing with*.   I've taught programming for a 
> number of years, both OO and procedural, and I find that if someone has math phobia, 
> *and* you only have a limited time (like a semester), then OO is way more powerful 
> than you need to get into, and is thus unduly confusing for the students.  For those 
> who have had a little programming, OO can make some things very nice.
> 
> Therefore, I do most of my python teaching procedurally, and leave the OO for the 
> slightly more advanced students.

Peter, Brian...

+1 (as we say... ;) )

Vern
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