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University's job is to expose students to variety of subjects even if they don't like it. It's part of the education.
by ww520 14y ago
University's job is to expose students to variety of subjects even if they don't like it. It's part of the education.
- lowboy 14y agoExposure to different subjects is good, but there are better, cleaner languages to use for introducing concepts of programming such as variables, functions, algorithms, and data structures without taking up students' attention with syntax and boilerplate that has nothing to do with the lesson being taught. Compare these hello world programs for instance: Java: public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello, world!"); } } Python: print "Hello, world!" Ruby: puts 'Hello, world!'
- ww520 14y agoShowing a contrived example for a selected case doesn't show the benefit of a language. In that case, why not teach Basic? Its hello world is just, print "Hello World"