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Article #4577Re: How to teach computers
From: dant
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1987 19:29
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1987 19:29
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In article <1212@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU> dam@uvacs.UUCP (Dave Montuori) writes: >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. On an IBM 360, as well. This will also prevent "Instilling 1st-Computer Preference In Our Students". I knew there must have been a reason all intro CS classes (including the business oriented one) at school taught programming this way. Those professors were smarter than I thought. --- Dan Tilque dant@tekla.tek.com I taught my computer how to roll over and play dead. Now that's all it does.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!Think!ames!sri-spam!sri-unix!hplabs!cae780!tektronix!teklds!zeus!tekla!dant From: dant@tekla.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.edu Subject: Re: How to teach computers Message-ID: <1172@zeus.TEK.COM> Date: Fri, 30-Jan-87 14:29:05 EST Article-I.D.: zeus.1172 Posted: Fri Jan 30 14:29:05 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Jan-87 09:00:29 EST References: <1212@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU> Sender: rogers@zeus.TEK.COM Reply-To: dant@tekla.tek.com (Dan Tilque) Distribution: na Organization: Congregatio de Propaganda Fide Lines: 18