I was talking in general.I am not saying python/java programmers are lesser quality than C/C++ .Ultimately programming is a programming is a programming. Since 80s to late 90s many Indian/foreign(US etc) have been teaching programming in C/C++.When I talked to 2 ex-professors in India,they observed that the rigor when students go through using c/++ is higher than java/python.For.e.g.manipulation of linked list,hash table.IMO better programming is not just understaning the layers of abstraction but understanding some intracacies,what goes below the hood. Regards PD
--- On Thu, 1/22/09, Sridhar Ratnakumar <sridhar.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Sridhar Ratnakumar <sridhar.ra...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [BangPypers] how to learn programming To: "Bangalore Python Users Group - India" <bangpypers@python.org> Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 11:50 PM On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Darkseid <lorddae...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> have found those how have programmed in C/C++ are generally better(in >> problem solving) than who program in other languages. > > I would disagree quite strongly based on my experience. I don't thing C/C++ > programmers are any worse, but they certainly aren't any better on average. > What I have observed in my particular area of work (which has an emphasis on > OO) is that C/C++ programmers are least likely to respect good OO practices, > followed closely by Java/C# folks. I'm guessing that Prasanna was thinking of ACM ICPC kind of problems when he claimed that C/C++ is better in problem solving. These kind of problems require the contestant to write code so that they run within a given time limit.. a restriction which forces one to write it on C/C++ than a high-level language. BTW, if one is just starting to learn programming.. I hear HtDP is pretty good - http://htdp.org/ _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
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