On 11/08/2010 02:47 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:00:46 -0700 > Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I definitely would have no qualms about teaching a child to program in >> FreeBASIC or even FreePascal, and later have them learn C or Java. >> Then again, Python would be an even better choice for teaching. > > Nah, start them out right. PDP 11 assembler.
That reminds me that we had students flipping switches in CS 143 when I was TA, to load programs. It was a real efficiency booster when the simulator was modified so that the load switch also advanced the memory counter. Funny how progress works. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
