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[Matthew Terenzio]

I guess I would agree that approaching Java from a scripter's 
perspective is wrong, but the whole topic is a little bizarre. Java is 
Java  and PHP is PHP.
Beyond getting a feeling for what a class is conceptually, I don't 
think PHP will help you learn Java.
I learned them both almost simultaneously.
Could a scripter cross into the OO universe? (where Spock has a Goatee)
Sure!! But can OO get back?

On Feb 18, 2004, at 4:21 PM, Phil Powell wrote:

> I am now learning how to write PHP not necessarily as flat script but 
> as an OO construct, that is, classes, "abstract" classes, 
> "interfaces", Singleton Design Patterns, etc.  and it's really helping 
> me out a lot toward understanding how to come close to implementing it 
> in Java.
>
> Except for one problem.  The various Java programming and online 
> resources (and offline books I have) basically all inform me that 
> understanding Java from a "scripter's perspective" is flat wrong, 
> because Java is pure OO and involves concepts such as Polymorphism, 
> Encapsulation, Inheritance, even things like Beans and Struts they 
> claim you cannot know as a scripter but as a pure OO programmer.
>
> So I'm asking the experts among me for advice: should I continue my 
> persuit of PHP from what little OO knowledge I have?  Also, do any of 
> you share a Java background along with PHP and see any symbiosis 
> possible between the two and if even possible that a scripter such as 
> myself could cross over into the OO Universe anytime?
>
> Thanx
> Phil
>
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