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Point of fact: the RSA department of education removed Java as the language being taught, and replaced it with Delphi, despite objections (from some like myself
by lordfoom 11y ago
Point of fact: the RSA department of education removed Java as the language being taught, and replaced it with Delphi, despite objections (from some like myself). Here's an article: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/columns/89295-is-delphi-better-than-java-for-high-school.html http://mybroadband.co.za/news/columns/89295-is-delphi-better...
- baq 11y agoi'd say it's a good decision for everybody except perhaps hiring companies, and then i'm not sure about that either in the long run.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoI agree. When learning to program, one should first learn the mental activity oc solving problems with code. Then maybe learn all the boilerplate and BS associated with a language like Java. Pascal is simple enough that students can learn fundamentals first. Same with industrial BASIC. Both are like pseudocode. Many people are turned off to programming encountering Java, C++, etc because they think programming is inherently that difficult.