From: ReggW <me@...>
Date: 2006-06-12T07:33:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for Highschoolers?

Steven Davidovitz wrote:
> I think non-technical High Schoolers would definitely benefit from 
> learning Ruby before moving on to other statically-typed languages.

I disagree.
I think that learning a stricter/statically-typed languages first would 
benefit people better.

It's far easier to go from strict(statically) to free(dynamic).

I come with 20 years of C/C++ experience.

It took me no time to understand that variables don't have types, 
classes can be changed midway through the script, Arrays can hold 
anything.

If you start with this knowledge and try to go to C++, you will commit 
suicide.

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