--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "kirby_urner" <wittrsamr@...> wrote: > I'm not sure who Bishop is in this case -- one of those proper > names in need of disambiguation. Ah, sorry. I assumed you would know since you brought up constructivism. But perhaps you were referring to the Math Education kind of constructism. In any case, my comment was about Errett Bishop <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errett_Bishop> . > The FP vs OO debate is somewhat silly, as it presumes either/or. Of > course we want our students to have the same overview we have. Yes, > these different approaches exist. Who said we can't spend some > energy looking at several approaches? Yes, I agree. Regards, Neil