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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103d24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid103d24,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 10259a,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid10259a,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1164ba,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid1164ba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-05 07:53:03 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl Path: newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!193.190.198.17!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.euro.net!uunet!ash.uu.net!world!carlg From: carlg@world.std.com (Carl E Gundel) Subject: Re: Beginner's Language? Message-ID: Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 14:51:12 GMT References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> Organization: The World, Public Access Internet, Brookline, MA X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Followup-To: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl,comp.lang.basic.misc,alt.lang.basic Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7202 comp.lang.lisp:9699 comp.lang.smalltalk:9460 comp.lang.functional:5516 comp.lang.scheme:3633 comp.lang.perl:2635 Date: 2001-05-05T14:51:12+00:00 List-Id: raj (israelrt@optushome.com.au) wrote: : If your students are short sighted drones who want to learn the : currently fashionable choices, C++ and Java are (yuck ) appropriate. : But please, do not inflict Perl and BASIC upon innocent children. C++ and Java are okay for innocent children, but Perl and BASIC are not??!!?? Ha! Give me (and them) a break! -Carl -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Carl Gundel carlg@libertybasic.com Shoptalk Systems author of Liberty BASIC, twice a PC Magazine Awards Finalist! http://www.libertybasic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------