what about LOGO :) -------------------------- Canaan Surfing Ltd. Internet Service Providers Ben-Nes Michael - Manager Tel: 972-4-6991122 Fax: 972-4-6990098 http://sites.canaan.co.il -------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Vainsencher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Iftach Hyams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:11 PM Subject: RE: What programming language to teach in schools ?
> Common practice notwithstanding, in any teaching mission, the zeroeth > directive is "don't bore the student". I think that rules out Pascal and > Ada for much the same reasons - they are tedious, verbose languages. The > Polish aunts of programming ;-) > > As to strictness, in my experience*, compiler errors teach students to > not err, but nothing about programming. Premature terminations, debug > logs, wrong output - those are types of feedback that induce > exploration. > > Daniel > * A couple of years teaching programming to novices. > > Iftach Hyams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> Maybe this makes Fortran easier to start with, ... > > > > What is the mission ? Basic programming enough for "Bagroot" ? > > Is so, Fortran can be enough. If the aim if good practice, > > methodology and pragmatism, Fortran is considered 'ded'. > > > > For a procedural language - Pascal is fine. It encourage student to write > > neat code (unlike 'C'). > > If OO is an issue, the Ada is a good option : > > * It is very strict with syntax and structure. > > * It can imitate Pascal programs. > > * It has readable OO capabilities. > > * It encapsulation as a default. > > * It hides OS specific API's (tasks, semaphores etc.). > > * It has free compilers for students (GNAT, GCC > 3) for both > > Windows and Linux. > > * It is (very) well documented. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail message has been sent by Elbit Systems Ltd. > > and is for the use of the intended recipients only. > > The message may contain privileged or confidential information . > > If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use, > > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited, > > and you are requested to delete the e-mail and any attachments > > and notify the sender immediately. > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
