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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks Paula and the message is
quite clear. Teachers now have an extra year to upgrade their skills and come
to grips with changing to VB.net or some other language that fully supports
OOP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers Don<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christophersen,
Paula P<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 23 August 2010 3:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> sofdev@edulists.com.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] Programming languages for 2001<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear colleagues<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There has been some discussion about the suitability of VB 6
as a language that meets the requirements of the programing languages for 2011.
One of the criteria for determining a language’s suitability is its capacity to
support object-oriented programming and graphical user interface design. Any
variation of Basic is allowed if it meets these requirements and while t<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>heoretically VB 6
does not "formally" support OOP, it does support objects, so for 2011
it is be considered an accepted programming language. The list of programming
languages will be reviewed early next year and the list maybe changed, taking
into account the suitability of all languages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Paula<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Paula Christophersen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Curriculum Manager, ICT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>VCAA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>41 St Andrews Place<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>EAST MELBOURNE 3002<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>+61 3 9651 4378<o:p></o:p></p>
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