On 5/25/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But you'd never see an OS written in PHP or Ruby either. That > > argument doesn't hold water. > > I don't think PHP would be a good choice for teaching basic programming, > either. Ruby would be suitable for that, on the other hand.
For instance, http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_ltp/index.html (Learning to Program, by Chris Pine, which happens to teach programming using Ruby) Heck, MIT uses Scheme http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/scheme/ to teach programming, right? And if memory serves, in many(?) European schools they use OCaml to teaching. Pascal used to be the one back in my day, but I'm sure by now none of you care much about what I think about programming :) > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279302 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
