Abigail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Once students know how to program, it's not the task of a university > to give courses in languages. They should be able to learn for themselves.
I think this is pretty much the core of the problem. Students should be taught how to program. I learned programming from Edser Dijkstra[1] and he used a self invented pseudo-language to teach programming. We ran our 'programs' on paper. And I can assure you that gives you much more insight in what a program does than by typing it into a computer and just look if the outcome is what you'd expect. Once you know how to program, to can apply this knowledge to any language. -- Johan [1] http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/
