On Friday, 4 May 2018 at 11:35:22 UTC, Sjoerd Nijboer wrote:
I think D could play a bigger role in education since its such
a "clean" language that is flexible but doesn't have any real
gotcha "features".
Umm, that is completely untrue, as it is for pretty much any
programming language.
Its also a language that could potentially be used over
someones entire college career as the primary language. If this
would be achieved there would be a higher income flow into the
industry of young D programmers which will pollute other
programmers with the D mind and featureset.
No!!!!!!!
Students should learn C first, Java second. Not one or the other,
both!
Then, perhaps, they will begin to understand the basics of
computer programming - from both extremes.
D could be a postgrad interest perhaps.
And what's earning an income got to do with anything? It's a
stupid concept that humans have imposed on themselves, and it's
the primary cause of all things that are wrong with society. The
sooner we move to universal incomes, the better grauate
programmers we'll get, cause they'll be studying it because it
actually interests them, as opposed to being motived by its'
'earning' capacity.
