Still; I think that the experience of deriving mentioned language constructs from almost nothing is a great learning experience in itself. It's this kind of tea

Still; I think that the experience of deriving mentioned language constructs from almost nothing is a great learning experience in itself. It's this kind of teaching - along with efforts as "The Elements of Computing System"[1] - that facilitate an - in my opinion - better learning experience that just 'learning this stuff from the blackboard'. [1]: http://diycomputerscience.com/courses/course/the-elements-of-computing-systems http://diycomputerscience.com/courses/course/the-elements-of...