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Article #578Re: Which language to teach first?
From: Scott Moody
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1989 16:05
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1989 16:05
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> If your goal is to provide > people with training that will be usefull to them throughout a carreer > as a programmer, teach them multiple languages, and teach them how to > learn new languages. > > <mike Mike, I totally agree with you. I was only trying to point out what it was like when I was at school (79-82) and how hard it was to teach and learn the new ideas of CS let alone new languages. So the approach then was to give them one or two languages and then teach them the fundamentals that they could apply using those languages. --scott
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!dptg!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!shuksan!scott From: scott@shuksan.UUCP (Scott Moody) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Which language to teach first? Summary: I agree Message-ID: <1522@shuksan.UUCP> Date: 29 Aug 89 16:05:58 GMT References: <1501@shuksan.UUCP> <2633@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <1514@shuksan.UUCP> <1989Aug25.222558.23054@agate.uucp> Organization: The Boeing Co., BAC MMST, Seattle, WA Lines: 14