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Article #492Re: Which language to teach first?
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1989 22:15
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1989 22:15
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billwolf@hubcap.clemson.edu: > It is probably inadvisable to teach them [non-majors] any language > at all; instead, a survey of user-oriented systems (Hypercard, the > so-called 4GLs, and so on) would probably be more appropriate. You have to be kidding. You're saying, here, that if you're not a CS Major you shouldn't have any programming at all. Is that right? What about people in scientific disciplines? Physicists don't have to program? How about mechanical engineers? How about EEs? -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. | "The sentence I am now Personal: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-' | writing is the sentence Quote: Have you hugged your wolf today? 'U` | you are now reading"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!wuarchive!texbell!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Which language to teach first? Message-ID: <5704@ficc.uu.net> Date: 15 Aug 89 22:15:12 GMT References: <5688@ficc.uu.net> <6265@hubcap.clemson.edu> Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14