Re: Call for advice, and possible case study?

2011-06-12 Thread Peter Gutmann
Richard O'Keefe o...@cs.otago.ac.nz writes: Well in that case, perhaps the language to start with should be Haskell... Teaching programming by starting people on Haskell is like teaching ESOL (English for non-English speakers) by starting them on Klingon [0]. Peter. [0] For those unfamiliar

Re: Magic features of programming languages

2011-05-21 Thread Peter Gutmann
Kevlin Henney kev...@curbralan.com writes: In other words, your corner case has a corner case. And they let children play with this stuff? Peter. -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England Wales and a charity registered in Scotland