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Apocryphon
on March 18, 2011
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Don't distract new programmers with OOP
Yeah, I'm sorry but I'm not sure if any of those examples are at the depth of a typical beginner who is learning what polymorphism is.
kragen
on March 18, 2011
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Even the first one? You can actually see the objects on the screen and move them with your mouse.
Apocryphon
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Oh, wait. That works. I just think that the lambda-calculus example may be a bit advanced for a programmer who's only starting to learn what polymorphism is. Not every coder starts off with Scheme.
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