Re: [SLUG] Learning to program

[Jason]

Jeff Waugh wrote:
> 
> <quote who="Geoffrey Robertson">
> 
> > Which should I teach first, Python or C++ ?
> 
> You're teaching people *how* to program?
> 
> Python... *maybe* then C++. ;)
> 
> How about a completely left field suggestion? Try "Blue", which you'll find
> on Freshmeat. It was the first semester objec-oriented language taught at
> Sydney Uni for quite some time. It's kinda Pascally-Haskelly-Javarey-C.

Actually the strongest influences on "Blue" were Eiffel and SmallTalk. 
Its resemblance to these languages is obvious.  And if you were looking
for something a little more mainstream, those two languages are a good
starting point.


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