From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: heller@utdallas.edu (Steve Heller) Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/08/16 Message-ID: <4v2fc3$lqo@news.utdallas.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 174648806 references: <01bb73e3.1c6a0060$6bf467ce@dave.iceslimited.com> <1996Jul20.124025.122789@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <01bb7b06$311fabc0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <31FBC584.4188@ivic.qc.ca> <01bb7da2$6c505ac0$96ee6fcf@timhome2> <4uq3kp$fvn@dawn.mmm.com> organization: The University of Texas at Dallas newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: cjsonnack@mmm.com (Chris Sonnack) wrote: >My OVERWHELMING experience as a teacher is that most students learn a >thing (any thing) faster and better if they learn the "why" and "how" >that's behind it. My experience as a teacher and author also supports this. Steve Heller, author and software engineer http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/steve_heller