Guys. I have no problem with python as a language. It is brilliant. I use it myself.
However it shields you from many things like pointers. And memory access. Or how to implement a list. Or a doubly linked list. Or a tree. From first principles. Without using built own types. These are things good programmers need to understand well before using higher level languages.
There are two issues here. Teaching programming CONCEPTS and teaching programming are different things.
On Wednesday, May 30, 2012, Kelvin wrote:
I think Python is better suited to beginners for all practical
purposes. It is simple and you can almost immediately start using it
to learn programming concepts with a basic interpreter. My main worry
with Pascal is that you may never take it outside the classroom.
Martin.
I Agree with Martin 100%
Go with Python.
Kelvin
www.likechapaa.com
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Martin Chiteri
<martin.chiteri@gmail.com> wrote:
I think Python is better suited to beginners for all practical
purposes. It is simple and you can almost immediately start using it
to learn programming concepts with a basic interpreter. My main worry
with Pascal is that you may never take it outside the classroom.
Martin.
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DISCLAIMER: I have never used Pascal or any of its close relatives. I
hold nothing against it.
On 5/30/12, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
> I too highly recommend pascal as a language for teaching programming
> concepts, particularly data structures and algorithms
>
> On Wednesday, May 30, 2012, Joseph Maina wrote:
>
>> they say every man has a price ... but not every man gets it...
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Raymond Rono
>> <raymond.rono@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> History or no History, How much per hour are we talking about?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Mickey Mickey
>> <michaelakunga@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> As much as passion stands pascal stands with structured programming if
>> that is where the walls end!
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Peter Muchemi <pmuchemi@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Pascal was invented as a language to teach students structured
>> programming
>> languages. A popular dialect, turbo pascal was part developed by anders
>> Hejlsberg who went on to design delphi and .net
>>
>> After coding on delphi for close to 10 years,its a language I would
>> recommend to anyone who wants to develop a career as a Kenyan software
>> developer.
>>
>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Joseph Maina
>> <mainasoft00@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> @mickey
>>
>> for those whose it was the first language, and the language you did
>> project with..... it is not history...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Mickey Mickey
>> <michaelakunga@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> CV Details for structured PASCAL? Someone need update his CV again right
>> after eliminating it as an old language History repeats itself.
>>
>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Moses <mosenetk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I got someone looking for an instructor to teach introduction to
>> programming using pascal on part time. If you are interested, please
>> inbox
>> your CV/details.
>>
>> Moses.
>>
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