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- From: netimage@sat.net (Tommy W. Jinks)
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- Subject: Re: C or C++ for a 14-year old?
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 20:45:28 GMT
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- trhope@cacd.rockwell.com (THOMAS R HOPE) wrote:
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- >:|Thank you all for your responses by mail and on the posts. There have
- >:|been a wide variety of helpful answers. Many were from people who
- >:|themselves started at that age and younger. Several said not to start
- >:|out with C or C++, as it may be too big a challenge for a beginner.
- >:|Others suggested that he wade right into K&R C book. I got four
- >:|suggestions to start him on SmallTalk, some on Pascal, and one on QBasic.
- >:|Another suggested Pascal/Delphi.
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- >:|The good part: I own compilers for C/C++, VB, and Delphi. My read
- >:|of my son is that he will keep hammering on something as long as it
- >:|provides progress and a sense of achievement. So what I will do is
- >:|let him choose the language, choose whether to learn in a class or
- >:|by a book, choose the book, and go with him to the class if that is his
- >:|choice. As one thoughtful writer said, "The point is to do something
- >:|with your son". When he gets to the point where he can cook up a useful
- >:|program, perhaps one found near the end of a book, he gets a computer.
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- Sheesh where were you when "I" was 14. Wish I had that kind of
- support from my family back then...
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