Re: How to teach computers

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From: dam
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1987 04:06

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[Who taught the line eater to eat lines?]
Here's a semi-facetious comment on How To Avoid Instilling 1st-Language
Preference In Our Students....

Make their first programming course use FORTRAN on punch cards.
-- 
Dave Montuori (Dr. ZRFQ) -- Central Va. State Home for Professional Students
NSA line eater food: terrorist, DES, drugs, cipher, secret, decode, CIA, NRO.
dam@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu      "My Maserati does 1E+5;
{allegra|cbosgd|ncsu}!uvacs!dam   I lost my license - now I don't drive...."

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From: dam@uvacs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: How to teach computers
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Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 23:06:33 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 27 23:06:33 1987
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