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: 10f6aa,e1e578817780dac2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f6aa,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: heller@utdallas.edu (Steve Heller) Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/08/27 Message-ID: <4vutga$iq0@news.utdallas.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 176766208 references: <4u7hi6$s2b@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us> <4uo74j$95p@ns.broadvision.com> organization: The University of Texas at Dallas newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada,comp.os.msdos.programmer Date: 1996-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: jdege@jdege.visi.com (Jeffrey C. Dege) wrote: >Has _anyone_ had an instructer who brought any excitement to this stuff, >or is it inherently impossible to teach without becoming dull and tedious? I don't believe it's inherently impossible, and I suspect my students would agree with me. In fact, I have had some of them doubled over with laughter in class (and not at my inability to express myself, either). For a sample of my writing and teaching style, as well as information on my books, you might want to visit my web site. I'd appreciate any feedback you might have to give me on it. Steve Heller, author and software engineer http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/steve_heller