From: Chris Gehlker <canyonrat@...>
Date: 2002-09-07T11:37:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Larry Wall's comments on Ruby


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On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 03:05 PM, Mark Probert wrote:

> Might I suggest:
>
> + C/C++/Java
> + Smalltalk/Ruby
> + Haskell/OCaml
> + LISP
> + FORTH
> + FORTRAN
> + COBOL
Absolutely Not! ;-)
> + SQL
> + Oberon/Delphi
>
Seriously, I have  often thought it would be best to teach assembler 
and Smalltalk/Ruby as first languages.
-- 
As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, 
and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I became a 
scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls.
-Matt Cartmill, anthropology professor and author (1943- )

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On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 03:05 PM, Mark Probert wrote:


<excerpt>Might I suggest:


+ C/C++/Java

+ Smalltalk/Ruby

+ Haskell/OCaml

+ LISP

+ FORTH

+ FORTRAN

+ COBOL

</excerpt>Absolutely Not! ;-)

<excerpt>+ SQL

+ Oberon/Delphi


</excerpt>Seriously, I have  often thought it would be best to teach
assembler and Smalltalk/Ruby as first languages.

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As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual
certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I
became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can
meet girls.

-Matt Cartmill, anthropology professor and author (1943- )</bigger></fixed>


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