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Re: [News] Delphi for Linux Might Make Comeback

On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:18:59 +0100, Homer wrote:

> Verily I say unto thee, that ml2mst spake thusly:
> 
>> Gambas is considered a educational tool for kids, learning their 
>> first programming steps. Pretty much like "the turtle program" in the
>> 1980's.
>> 
>> BASIC is for kiddies :-p
> 
> IMHO BASIC is not even fit for educational purposes, since it encourages
> the extremely bad habits of unstructured programming. Pascal and SML are
> far better teaching languages, although I'd be disinclined to encourage
> their use beyond the classroom. Frankly I think it might be better to
> have them dive into the deep end on day one, with C/C++, and start as
> they mean to go on.

I sort of agree with this one.
BASIC is good for very young potential programmers so that they can learn
how the computer functions.
IOW people just starting out.

For future programmers, say high school on up, a structured language is a
better alternative because it will teach them good solid programming skills
and work habits that can be transported to any language they might learn
later on.



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