[wplug] OT: Down Memory Lane

[Matthew J. Hughes]

Chris Ott wrote:

>
> Diana A. Clarion wrote:
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>> Hey, BASIC is a fine first language.
>
>
> I agree. Teaching beginners a strongly-typed language like Pascal, 
> which is what they taught when I was in college, makes no sense at 
> all. It's hard enough to understand the idea of "the computer does 
> what you *tell* it to do, not what you *want* it to do". Adding data 
> types on top of that makes everything needlessly complex.
>
> Chris
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Teaching strong typing first is easier than teaching it second.

-matt