From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-12-08T17:13:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about Ruby philosophy

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Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> Do you consider Ruby a good language for teaching people that haven't
> programmed yet?  Just wondering.
>=20

I personally consider teaching programming in any language without a
REPL as Cruel and Unusual (tm) torture. Compiler-wrestling is a skill of
much value, but should be kept out of introductory courses and put into
language-specific seminars, IMO.

Disclaimer: That's from the position of a "victim" of having an
introductory course in (Borland Turbo) C, not an actual instructor.

David Vallner


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