Ted Roche wrote: > You don't necessarily need or want to start someone off by loading > them down with heavy computer science theory, or a whole bunch of > complex and intimidating tools. It's boring.
Agree 100% - unless they're enrolled in a college course in which case they have set their stall out and declared that they WANT to learn all the heavy design theory and so on. For a kid starting out just let them hack away in a simple OO language, until they find out if they *really* want to be a programmer. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
