From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
GOTO was the reason my father would not let me take programming in high school; all the programming classes were BASIC, except that if you'd had 2 courses of BASIC, you could then take Pascal. I didn't get to take a programming class until I could have one that started out with Pascal.
Our curriculum leading up to the College Board's Computer Sciences AP Exam was more or less formatted the same way, up until about 3 or 4 years ago. Then they switched BASIC to PASCAL, and C would be the ultimate objective course. However, I haven't checked what they're up to these years. I remember reading, in passing, that they were planning to change back from C to PASCAL.
(My father was familiar with a number of programming languages; he taught FORTRAN when he was in Belfast as a student, because he knew it better than any of the faculty.)
Julia
Ah, yes... a wonder kid. Most computer teachers would consider those a nightmare come true. I have nothing against that, btw. I love nightmares. In my opinion, they are very creative dreams. ;)
JJ
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