don't worry universaties are not much better..
Ely On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Dan Armak wrote: > On Wednesday 11 June 2003 23:53, Oded Arbel wrote: > > > It encourages static-sized array > > > > not correct as well -Pascal had a malloc equivalent (getmem()/freemem()) as > > long as I remember. > > The ones who encourage static-sized arrays are the school teachers. They don't > teach _any_ dynamic mem allocation methods, and they force you to use arrays > when it is clearly wrong. So it doesn't matter what features pascal has > (because we don't expect those students to use it once they leave school); > only a small subset of them is taught anyway. > > This is relevant for this entire discussion IMHO. Introducing a new language > into classrooms will only make students learn different semi-arbitrary syntax > details. To achieve real progress it's necessary to replace the teachers, not > the language. > > This is colored by my too-recent personal experience with them, so I'll settle > for retraining the teachers for a new syllabus. > > -- > Dan Armak > Matan, Israel > Public GPG key: http://cvs.gentoo.org/~danarmak/danarmak-gpg-public.key > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
