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From: ttwang@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Thomas Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Which language to teach first?
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Date: 1 Aug 89 02:03:09 GMT
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Reply-To: ttwang@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Thomas Wang)
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I would suggest the language Eiffel may be a good candidate for the first
language.

Eiffel is an industrial strength language, the heavy emphasis on abstract
data types should fit nicely into a first year course.


 -Thomas Wang ("I am, therefore I am."
                 - Akira               )

                                                     ttwang@polyslo.calpoly.edu