1st, are you sure that's a good thing? I don't mean diversification, I mean graduating students who can't grasp concepts that experts are sure is easy/simple. P

1st, are you sure that's a good thing? I don't mean diversification, I mean graduating students who can't grasp concepts that experts are sure is easy/simple. Pointers, like everything else, is hard... until you understand them. (Perhaps CS 101 needs an additional prerequisite) 2nd, sure, then pick something easy, like [any of the thousand of other languages] Don't hand them a "broken" version of C, just because it's easier. 2nd part 2... What do you think CS is if not about programming?