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- From: csmecher@unixg.ubc.ca (Alec or Graeme Smecher)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,rec.games.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 07:23:07 GMT
- Organization: The University of British Columbia
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- >Ask your teacher to stuff Pascal :-) Seriously, learn C/C++ on your
- >own. You will benefit from an early experience. I find it irresponsible
- >to teach students pascal. What is the bloody point? Teach C/C++, Lisp,
- >Scheme, Smalltalk, ADA, whatever, but PASCAL?
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- They teach pascal because they get stuck with a lot of underachievers
- in their comp. sci classes, and don't want to have half the class
- failing... If you really want to learn this stuff you're going to have
- to do it on your own, hardware-level (NO BGIs!)
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