Re:Java in College: "You might as well be teaching Chinese t...
by mattmcknight on Saturday December 20, 2008 @10:37AM
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>>Also, since Java is statically typed, I think it makes
>>things appear to contain less "voodoo".
No way. It's better to learn other programming concepts without the distraction of having to maintain types. Duck typing makes a lot more sense to new people, in my experience. Most of the popular languages with non programmers (PHP, VB, JavaScript) fit this mold.
No way. It's better to learn other programming concepts without the distraction of having to maintain types. Duck typing makes a lot more sense to new people, in my experience. Most of the popular languages with non programmers (PHP, VB, JavaScript) fit this mold.