> I don't know what my point is, but the key part to learning a language
> (computer or human) is to know the concepts first, and do the
> translation when you need to communicate your ideas.
Except that your concepts are often formed by language (computer
or natural).
But don't listen to me. I once thought that it was important to teach
Cobol at a University Comp Sci course. Interesting, because all the
arguments presented have a strong sense of deja vu.
Fantasy quiz show:
"Out next contestant is Jamie Honan. Jamie's speciality topic
tonight is the declarations available in the Cobol Environment
Division".
So blinded were some people by the then current orthodoxy (about the
correctness of using Cobol) that one student, faced with
the assignment of implementing a recursive descent parser, chose
Cobol.
You only know the strength of your tools when toiling at the
forge.
Jamie
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