On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Patrick Kobly <patrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Correct, for only beginners learning.
Oh I see.
-- On 12/17/2010 5:10 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote:
The thing to keep in mind here is what is the purpose of the language you're choosing for this step in your journey. You are clearly not going to be writing production software for some time. You are choosing a language that will serve as a canvas for early-stages learning. At this point, you probably want to evaluate your tools in terms of their pedagogic advantages, rather than practical advantages for implementing working production software.
Correct, for only beginners learning.
IMHO, a first learning language should introduce concepts including:
A first programming language should avoid concepts like:
- Variables
- Typing of variables (strong typing)
- Arrays
- Data structures
- Boolean logic expressions
- Flow control and looping (if, then, else ; while ; for,to)
- Procedure and / or function calls
- Formal parameters vs. actual parameters
- Recursion
- Equivalence of recursion and iteration
- Compilation
- Compile-time vs. Run-time errors
That in mind, my suggestion for a first language would generally be more similar to Pascal or Modula-2 than C, Python, C++, Java,...
- Pointers (at least in the C conception of them, breaking the typing system)
- Dynamic typing
- Polymorphism
- Inheritance
Oh I see.
Regards,
Parshwa Murdia
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