On 3/23/07, guy keren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i don't like encouraging people into using something that does not fit them - so i try to make sure they understand they are expected to do some learning, in order to get by.
You are correct in the sense that they are expected to do some learning, and I think it's evident from my lecture slides. Furthermore, this lecture is meant as an addition to the Matam course, which already aims to teach the students programming in a Unix environment.
don't worry - i'm not going to jump during the lecture and shout "don't listen to him!". just during the Q&A session. if you were teaching people that never saw MS software - i might have had a different opinion. but once they saw it - anything else will be considered "not as good" - even if it is better but different.
I find that the "not as good" resistance breaks down once valgrind is shown :)
lets not argue here - i think that the MS environment in inferior to the tools i like - but i can see the advantages it does have for people with slow fingers, short memories and moderate laziness ;)
The issue is that the Matam homework is checked on T2, a solaris computer, with very strict gcc flags. While many have successfully written and tested their code in Microsoft tools and had it running perfectly on T2, these are usually only the ones who are excellent programmers to begin with. For most people, "finishing" the exercise only to find that they have a lot of debugging to do on T2 is a problem - as they will not have had experience debugging and coding in a Unix environment. Furthermore, the TCSH exercise will force them to use a Unix environment. My point is that the lecture's focus isn't one of "use Linux for your programming, it's better than anything else!" - rather, it's "you're forced to do Unix programming, but it's not as bad as you might think". -- Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm Ohad Lutzky --------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
