Micha, With all due respect I wasn't advocating if you read my message that they only learn CFML. Most of the university students in Michigan leave knowing several languages, of course they should know c# and java if they're to become employable. I remain unconvinced that learning CF first is going to somehow handicap them in learning advanced languages. In fact I think it's just the opposite, the quick productivity building useful stuff is likely to inspire them as they learn advanced subjects. A great many programmers of my generation first tackled the basic that IBM shipped on the first PC XT's. Somehow using things like GoTo's didn't prevent me from going on to learn other languages with more advanced concepts. I still remain convinced that CF would be a great first language in colleges and with a little effort it could be dominant in that role. Rick Mason
On 5/4/05, Micha Schopman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I disagree, in the least because the job opportunities for C, C++, C# > and Java are much and much larger than those for CF developers. > > Second, with C# or Java you learn to work with true OOP in a much more > advanced environment then CF will ever be. If you for example look at > protection levels for every action you take, it will force you to think > about the architecture of your application in a way CF will probably > never reach. > > Even then, I don't know how this is in the US, but here university level > schools don't really focus on the programming languages, but they focus > more on managing a software creation process, writing technical and > functional documentation, diagrams, architectures, release management, > and then there comes programming. > > It is nice if students can get a copy of CF cheaper with a school > license, but to let schools teach CF, rather not. Every Java developer > can program CF, not every CF programmer can do Java. > > Micha Schopman > Project Manager > > Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 AL Amersfoort > Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 > KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205514 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
