Python Learning

[Bill]

Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Bill <BILL_NOSPAM at noway.net> wrote:
>>> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>> I don't know about vtables as needing to be in ANY programming course.
>>>> They're part of a "let's dive into the internals of C++" course. You
>>>> certainly don't need them to understand how things work in Python,
>>>> because they don't exist; and I'm doubtful that you need to explain
>>>> them even to C++ programmers.
>>>>
>>> Then how are you going to explain dynamic_cast?
>>>
>> I wouldn't. I'd teach Python to beginning programmers. C++ is not a
>> good first language.
> And even for C++ programners, you can go a pretty long way without dynamic_cast.
You either know it exists, and what it can do for you, or you don't.  If 
you want to teach a 2nd course in C++, and leave out vtables and 
dynamic_cast, I don't have a problem with that. If you always choose the 
lowest common denominator, your class may not be that interesting.  I 
told my students that my goal was for them was to learn how to learn so 
that they "didn't need me".

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> ChrisA