Also, do y’all call main() in the if block or do you just put the code you want to run in the if block?

  • MTK@lemmy.world
    411·
    2 days ago

    I didn’t say it wasn’t real, it’s just a scripting structure and not object oriented, so it doesn’t make sense for it to start by looking for a “main” object

    • mmddmm@lemm.ee
      10·
      2 days ago

      not object oriented

      I don’t think we have a name for what you are trying to say here.

      (And yeah, “object oriented” isn’t it.)

        • frezik@midwest.social
          4·
          2 days ago

          Procedural and OOP aren’t mutually exclusive terms. Most OOP programs are ultimately procedural in nature. Often, the only difference is that the first argument to the function is to the left the function name and separated by a dot.

          • AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            2 days ago

            fair, I just think it’s misleading to call python procedural, but it lines up with what the commenter above was describing and searching for the term for

            • frezik@midwest.social
              2·
              2 days ago

              I’d say the term “procedural” itself is an issue. Pretty much any language can be done that way if you choose. IIRC, the creator of Clojure wanted Java to work more that way, and he did it by having a single class full of functions. It’s not a natural way to write Java, and that’s why he invented Clojure.