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- From: troy@oz.net (Troy Davis)
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- Subject: Re: Pascal or C++?
- Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 02:46:26 GMT
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- jj10s@eworld.com (J. Voigt) said:
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- >I don't see any reason to have students grapple with the complex arcana of
- >low-level languages (Assembly or C) or professional programming languages
- >(C++)--esp. at the highschool level, if the intent is to teach the basic
- >concepts of comp.sci.
- >For entry level programming, I'd recommend one of the following:
- >Logo, Basic, or HyperCard.
-
- Are you kidding? I remember we did Logo on Apple ][E's in 4th grade,
- and HyperCard (barely a language) in 6th grade. I did Basic (and it is
- worthwhile.... some say it teaches bad habits but I don't think so...)
- in 6th grade.
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- I'm 14 and starting to learn C. High school is definately not too
- early.
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