Disclaimer: My own experience with OO is limited. On 30/12/2012, Daniel Díaz Casanueva <dhelta.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > My programming life (which has started about 3-4 years ago) has always been > in the functional paradigm. Eventually, I had to program in Pascal and > Prolog for my University (where I learned Haskell). I also did some PHP, > SQL and HTML while building some web sites, languages that I taught to > myself. I have never had any contact with JavaScript though. > > ... > > I thought it could be good to me (as a programmer) to learn C/C++. > It looks like I have to learn imperative programming (with side effects all > over around) in some point of my programming life.
Have to, no. Ought to, yes. As Turing-equivalent computers are essentially imperative, imperative code is nearest to the actions of the machine. Ergo asm may seem the best choice, but not so: C is the wiser choice, as it is machine-agnostic, widely used, and often clear and effective. I never used pascal, and after I read this: http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-on-pascal.html I care not to do. > So my questions for you all are: > > * Is it really worthwhile for me to learn OO-programming? Likely. Some code is most readily written in objective style. > * If so, where should I start? There are plenty of "functional programming > for OO programmers" but I have never seen "OO programming for functional > programmers". Smalltalk. > * Is it true that learning other programming languages leads to a better > use of your favorite programming language? Yes. Either one gains an awareness of certain biases and assumptions made while using prior languages, or else the new language becomes one's favorite (^_~) > * Will I learn new programming strategies that I can use back in the > Haskell world? Maybe. I honestly can't say a priori, but it's a win to know the alternatives. I have done some OO, and a few times while writing in Haskell, the objective model came to mind first, tho in many cases it is cumbersome in Haskell. Cheers, Strake _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
