Sarah, Lindsay, Frank, Let's not get carried away with extrapolation here folks.
Students find programming hard; there is a subset that enables people to write everything they need to; learning subset makes optimal use of time; don't foreign language courses teach the most common words and grammar usage first? Those going to to program professionally can always learn the crinkly bits later. -- Derek M. Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List (discuss@ppig.org) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/