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It's a commercial product. Why on earth would you teach the kids something that they won't be able to use afterwards, when there are plenty of alternatives with
by Nullabillity 7y ago
It's a commercial product. Why on earth would you teach the kids something that they won't be able to use afterwards, when there are plenty of alternatives without that constraint?
It's like teaching kids to use Office, without even having the ubiquity argument.
- walkingolof 7y agoIt's about the logic, not so much about the syntax. And the office comparison is not valid, knowing Office is for many a very valuable skill.
- Nullabillity 7y ago> It's about the logic, not so much about the syntax. So... Why Delphi then? And yes, many people do have a habit of sticking to exactly the environment that they were taught in. Defaults matter. > And the office comparison is not valid, knowing Office is for many a very valuable skill. As I mentioned in the other half of that paragraph, yes, you can make an argument for Office being valuable because of its ubiquity. But that's a circular argument. Office is ubiquitous because they managed to convince educators, and now that seems to have made it basically impossible to kill off. Trying to bootstrap something similar for Delphi is inexcusable.