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Re:The Importance of Whimsy in Learning to Program by yngccc on Saturday September 21, 2013 @09:02PM (#6425309)
use C++ to teach programming should be considered a crime. You simply don't give people who just got their driver license a truck to drive, not only will it suck out all the fun but also likely get the person killed in the process.
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Re:The Importance of Whimsy in Learning to Program by 10098 on Sunday September 22, 2013 @11:25AM (#6426874)
Oh, pish posh. Lots of people started with C++ and they're just fine. Sure, we had our share of segfaults and memory leaks, but it's better to learn what it is and how to prevent it early on rather than hide from it forever.
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Re:The Importance of Whimsy in Learning to Program by Apocryphon on Sunday September 22, 2013 @11:26PM (#6429041)
True, but starting from C makes more sense. C++ would be fine as a second language.
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Re:The Importance of Whimsy in Learning to Program by 10098 on Monday September 23, 2013 @12:44AM (#6429186)
Actually, I agree with that.
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Re:The Importance of Whimsy in Learning to Program by zeckalpha on Sunday September 22, 2013 @08:52AM (#6426572)
It's not just a truck. It's a truck whose steering wheel is a chainsaw. And you are holding the chainsaw the wrong way.
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