From: "Tarjei Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.com>
Subject: Re: Computer Programming for Everybody?
Date: 1999/09/13
Date: 1999-09-13T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7rikv9$ibg3@ftp.kvaerner.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7rbkm4$pn6$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Ted Dennison wrote in message <7rbkm4$pn6$1@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Today I came across a proposal that got DARPA funding for an initiative
>to teach *all* elementary-schoolers to program just like they are all
>taught geometry. Its an interesting concept, which does have some merit.
I think it is a hideously bad idea regardless of language employed.
I don't think anybody at that age need to learn to program. There are a lot of
other things that needs to be learnt and mastered.
Greetings,
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-09-10 0:00 Computer Programming for Everybody? Ted Dennison
1999-09-10 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-09-10 0:00 ` Raymond Calande
1999-09-11 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-09-12 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-12 0:00 ` mitch
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Mike Hall
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-09-13 0:00 ` John Duncan
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-09-14 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Tarjei Jensen [this message]
1999-09-13 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
[not found] ` <7ronav$shf@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-09-23 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-09-27 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-09-14 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
[not found] ` <Pine.HPP.3.93.990915162218.958A-100000@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
1999-09-22 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
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