[TYPES] The type/object distinction and possible synthesis of OOP and imperative programming languages

[Roy Smith]

I wrote:
> > I suppose people who grew up learning Python as their first language
> > look at something like C++ and say, "That's not OOP because classes
> > aren't objects", or something equally silly.
> 

In article <517172e7$0$29977$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> You might say that, but I find in my experience that Python users don't 
> tend to fall for the "No True Scotsman" fallacy anywhere near as often as 
> (say) Java or C++ users.

Now that I think about it, I suspect relatively few people learned 
Python as their first programming language.

Java, for example, is very popular as a teaching language in colleges 
and universities.  There are lots of people who go through a 4-year 
program, do all of their coursework in Java, and come out as one-trick 
ponies.

There aren't many schools who teach Python as a first (and only 
language), but I suppose it's starting to catch on.  5 years from now, 
we may see waves of kids graduating from college knowing nothing but 
Python, with a similarly narrow view of the universe.