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But should a language based on C -- of all things, be taught? I suspect they do this to transition students to real C later... Won't that give them bad habits

But should a language based on C -- of all things, be taught? I suspect they do this to transition students to real C later... Won't that give them bad habits later down the line? Seems like a lot of work just to avoid going with Java or Go. With Java, eschew inheritance (not a bad habit at all) and wildcards at first, and you're fine.

khedoros1 9y ago
> But should a language based on C -- of all things, be taught? Why not? This variant is garbage collected, has array bounds checking, and doesn't allow C's undefined/unspecified behaviors.