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- From: brett@bambi.wg.waii.com (Marc Brett)
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- Subject: Re: first-year programming languages
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- Date: 11 Nov 92 21:41:33 GMT
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- In Queens University, Kingston (Ontario), they used a home-grown
- language NIAL for their introductory class in computers. This was
- around 1984. (Where is it now...???)
-
- Besides being frustratingly buggy, it was unfair to the students to
- have to learn a language they would never see again. There are plenty
- of real-world languages which would have been be far better. QuickBasic
- springs to my mind because of its simple sintax, context-sensitive editor,
- and on-line help.
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