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From: Mark  McKinney <mckmark@mail.concentric.net>
Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?
Date: 1996/07/17
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Dave Vershore wrote:

>What makes a good programmer is not necessarily the language but the
>technique in which it is used. Lean a 
>language well. but more importantly, learn the technique of good
>programming practices.

This raises a big concern I have always had about how programming is taugh 
in general. Problem solving techniques, style, methodologies etc. should 
be taught or learned prior to a programming language. The "this is how you 
do it and then this is how yu do it well" approach seems highly 
ineffective. 
-Mark