[Tutor] Linear programming - is it bad?

[R. Alan Monroe]

> So my question: is it bad to write a python program/script in a linear
> way? By linear, I mean: the code is executed line by line, without any 
> (programmer defined) classes or functions

In my opinion, linear is perfect for a lot of things. Classes are
overkill if you're not managing a number of similar objects. Functions
are still pretty necessary if you have repeating tasks of any kind,
though.

Alan