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From: wfh58@leah.Albany.Edu (William F. Hammond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaBasic
Summary: new language:old language::new machine:old machine
Message-ID: <3179@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 15 Jun 90 16:44:25 GMT
References: <1930@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <1990Jun14.042521.12222@agate.berkeley.edu> <2678120a-219d.5comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.xei.com>
Reply-To: wfh58@leah.albany.edu.UUCP (William F. Hammond)
Organization: Dept of Math & Stat, SUNYA, Albany, NY
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In article <2678120a-219d.5comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.xei.com> bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh) writes:
>In article <28196@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dill@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Peter
>Dill) writes:
> ...
>While Pascal and Basic don't afford the flexibility and power of C, they ARE
>the languages taught to kids in our schools, and therefore the languages most
>casual programmers are gonna be comfortable with.
> ...

And the machines in those schools are probably the machines most casual users
are gonna be comfortable with. (??)

BTW, I would like to hope that "Pascal" and "Basic" are not what is being
taught.  What I would like to hope is being taught is "elementary
programming".  Some language is a necessary vehicle for this.  I suspect
that "Basic" may not be a major such vehicle for much longer.

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William F. Hammond                   Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics
518-442-4625                         SUNYA, Albany, NY 12222
wfh58@leah.albany.edu                wfh58@albnyvms.bitnet
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