From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-03-31T22:49:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Complete beginner in programming

Lasse Koskela wrote:
> Roger,
> 
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:12:19 +0900, Roger Grosswiler <roger@gwch.net> wrote:
> 
>>i am a complete beginner in programming, i can handle some lines in perl. Does anybody know a EASY source to learn
>>oo-programming?
> 
> 
> I've heard good things about "Head First Java" from O'Reilly (ISBN:
> 0596009208), which teaches Java and OO concepts. It's not Ruby, but I
> thought you might still be interested.


I have not read "Head First Java"  but in general would be leery of 
learning about OO with Java as the example language.  What, exactly, 
defines an OO language is a subject of some debate, though I believe 
most people would agree that Ruby is closer to the abstract ideal than Java.

Some food for thought:

http://www.paulgraham.com/reesoo.html




James

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