Show HN: C++ Editor for Teaching How to Code

Re:Show HN: C++ Editor for Teaching How to Code by SamReidHughes on Saturday January 19, 2019 @04:14PM (#18949217)

As far as I can tell, this interpreter doesn't even have std::string, and you can't define your own datatypes or allocate. The interpreter also doesn't handle pointers into arrays properly.

I'm not familiar with other countries' curricula, but we had vectors and strings very early on when I learned C++. I like the general idea of the debugging interface, that could help a lot of people. But I think you should upgrade the interpreter. I don't know if that's possible while retaining the debugging interface, unfortunately.

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Re:Show HN: C++ Editor for Teaching How to Code by goalexboxer on Saturday January 19, 2019 @04:21PM (#18949259)

These are the main downsides indeed. As a matter of fact, in the current curricula the only option is cstring, and it's been that way in the last 20 years. I am looking forward to put in balance the upsides and downsides in using such an interpreter. Thank you for feedback!

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