[Edu-sig] negative connotation of object orientation

2011-10-26 Thread kirby urner
Appended: from a Physics teaching list I frequent. Note the negative connotations associated with object orientation (= asocial = lack of social affect). I take up this ethnographic thread in my blogs and this discussion list from time to time, as I think it's apropos to many subtopics

Re: [Edu-sig] negative connotation of object orientation

2011-10-26 Thread michel paul
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:36 PM, kirby urner kirby.ur...@gmail.com wrote: PS: on a related topic, there's also a negative connotation associated with imperative programming. The word imperative gets translated to mean bullying. The functional programmers exploit that connotation, and