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- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,rec.games.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.programming
- From: jgustafs@sisna.com (Josh Gustafson)
- Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
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- References: <4icpp9$7hr@barad-dur.nas.com> <4imqe4$cj3@ping1.ping.be> <1996Mar23.224853.116513@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
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- In article <1996Mar23.224853.116513@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, anh@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu wrote:
- >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?
-
- I learned on Pascal, then moved on to C/C++, and I have to say this: Pascal
- is a good first step. The language is VERY easy to learn, so the instructor
- spends very little time teaching the language, and can spend more time
- teaching good programming. Once a student understands good program design,
- THEN he/she should learn C/C++. It's an easy transition, (Pascal is more or
- less a subset of C with different keywords) and with C/C++ having good
- programming discipline from the start helps a lot. C is an easy language to
- develop bad habits in.
-
- >To enjoy your Operating System and Compiler Construction classes later
- >on, you better be well versed in C/C++.
-
- True, learn C/C++, without a doubt. But learn good programming first.
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- Josh Gustafson (jgustafs@sisna.com)
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