[DotGNU]C# book: OOP versus POP

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Peter Minten wrote (well, not really, but it doesn't matter):
   >>>The book is aimed at beginners in programming, not programmers
learning
   >>>a new language.
   >>
   >>Well I really think we lack the resources to teach beginners OO
languages.
   >>IMO they're better off learning procedure oriented programming first
.....

Why? Get them to focus on data (i.e., objects) instead of on algorithms.
Small methods. Talk about the data instead of the procedures. High-level
good programming practice and design. La dee da.

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Stephen Compall
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