Sure. It's less of a problem now, there are even online interpreters for many languages, but consider just 10 years ago, when the current crop of students were kids. You would go around to a family member's house, there'd be no Internet access as granny was on the phone and the only programming language around to hack on was JavaScript in Internet Explorer. You'd have to write in Notepad and hit Ctrl-R repeatedly, and there was no completion worth a damn unless you could remember how to reflect on objects.
Compared to the situation when I was a kid, with Spectrum 48Ks and Commodore 64s around with BASIC available immediately after pressing the power button, it's been pretty bad for the current generation. On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Moandji Ezana <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> 1. Lack of BASIC or equivalent pre-installed on PCs. > > Everyone has JavaScript in their browser, though. With, for example, > Webkit's console, you can just type it in without much hassle. > Moandji > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
