Anna University starts with C, then jumps to Bash (?!!?!) and then jumps
back to C and C++. I've no idea where it is going (I'm in my third sem, and
we're with a new curriculum), but I've seen glimpses of Flash(?!). 99% of my
friends gave up on programming a month into the course - C isn't exactly
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Abhishek Mishra wrote:
> It happens that at ICSE schools java/c++ is offered for almost last 4
> years of schooling, while my CBSE experience was horrible, with no
> programming in syllabus till class 11th. While way back in an ICSE
> school, programming started at
> I started with GW-BASIC, which is a very
> good language to begin with.
I too, still like algorithms -> flowcharts -> step by step instructions ->
BASIC for starting off. IMHO, the real issue is with continuity of
programming space and not with any specific language.
> Besides, each school ha
