[svlug] Re: using linux in schools

[Don Marti]

begin George Georgalis quotation of Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 05:26:52PM -0500:

> For me, I cannot emphasize enough the value of being taught Pascal, with
> its rigorous structure. In this context I'm leaning towards Logo as
> being a first language. Then Pascal, followed by Perl and Bash (maybe
> python?) being introduced later when studies become serious and focused.

Pascal, although originally intended as a teaching language, is pretty
obsolete.

http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-on-pascal.html

The "best teaching language" argument seems to be mainly focused
on Python, Java, and Scheme.

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