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From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe,2847,)
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Subject: Re: Which language to teach first?
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Date: 7 Aug 89 01:23:46 GMT
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From article <161@enea.se>, by sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog):
> Marc Sabatella (marc@hpfcdc.HP.COM) writes:
>>I could probably make a good argument for a language like Ada as a beginning
>>language - if you stick to basics it is as easy as Pascal (easier, really -
>>I think in/out is more intutive than "var"), and when it is time to learn
>>more advanced concepts (say, in a second or third course) you don't have to
>>switch languages.
% 
% I am about to second that. [...] I would choose a language that 
% supported the most important concepts for that type of programs: 
% safety, modularity and reuseability. 

   I third this; Ada is definitely the way to go.  And add to that
   list "multitasking capabilities"!!!  

  
   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu