Dave Cross wrote: > On 02/09/2009 13:46, Lyle wrote: > >> Here is where it starts getting interesting. One thing I overlooked that >> turned out to be a problem was teaching them how to use the command >> prompt. The IT teachers didn't know either. Seems Windows has prevailed >> in restricting command prompt knowledge to us IT pros :( >> > > Have you looked at something like Padre? > > http://padre.perlide.org/ > > It might be closer to the program development environment that they are > expecting. No command line required. >
I've been meaning to have a play with it. Although it was hard enough getting the last school to install Perl... >> For example to define a variable in C you need to declare what type it >> is e.g. >> >> Number = int >> Letter = char >> Word = varchar >> > > It's been a while since I looked at C, but I don't think it has a > 'varchar' datatype. Are you confusing C with SQL :-) > I think your right, should be Word = char[11] (for a word that's 10 letters long). >> my $name = 'Lyle'; >> print “Hello $name”; >> > > A common problem with producing programming tutorials using software > aimed at word processing is that you end up with code which contains > "smart quotes" as above - which then won't compile. That's potentially > confusing to newcomers. > Yes that's pretty damn annoying. Although when typing up the examples they are only using a text editor so they use normal quotes. >> You have all the normal math operators. >> > > Grr! It's "maths" on this side of the Atlantic :-) > Damn my English :( Paul Makepeace wrote: > If only Perl had some kind of built-in format for producing > documentation... > > ;-) Good point Lyle _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
