Ed Leafe wrote: > Of course, the answer is "it depends". Mostly on what level you are > programming to. > > If you are creating hardware drivers and the like, you'd better be > using a low-level language. If you are writing a business app for 100 > users to access a database server, it would be silly to do that in > anything other than a high-level language. > > The reason why Python was chosen was precisely because the courses > dealt with concepts such as algorithms, looping, conditionals, > classes, etc. - things that are common to all languages. The faculty > simply felt that Python required the least amount of language- > specific instruction, allowing them to focus more on teaching > programming concepts. >
Sounds great to me, Ed. It's refreshing to hear this news. The old FORTRAN and COBOL classes seemed long overdue for retirement from college curriculum. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ 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.
