From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Just to join the fun, I've also worked in with a bit of Visual Basic, had Pascal in school and learned just enough C/C++ to decide I *really* liked Java and the lack of pointers and memory math!)
- jmh
And speaking of languages, is it me, or is BASIC making a comeback of sorts?
Some of my alumni are starting to report this back from the States. One of them is doing an engineering major in Florida, and his first programming class is in BASIC. He's supposed to follow it up with FORTRAN. Out of curiosity, I did a websearch for QBASIC, and I was amazed at the amount of hits I got. All current, mind you. It seems it's popular enough to inspire a "QBASIC for Dummies".
As a result of my research, I started teaching BASIC again. Nothing like BASIC to turn aspiring computer users into programming, trust me.
JJ
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