[rescue] flamewar question: Perl

[Ken Hansen]

I agree with all your points below = back to the flamewar ;^)...

Ken

joshua d boyd wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 04:04:50PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > Introductary courses at MIT are not the same as intro courses at the local
> > community college, remember. How many folks arrive at MIT and *never*
> > programmed computers? Anything counts, Logo, BASIC, C, Pilot (!), etc...
>
> I'm told that scheme is easiest to learn if it is a first language.  I'm
> over 10 years too late to test that theory.  Back when scheme was invented
> at MIT, it is quite possible that people were arriving there with no
> programming experience.  Now, not quite so likely.
>
> Scheme can be so unlike the way the machine actually works, that I'm not
> sure if it is the best first language.  On the other hand, it is such a
> handy way to do some things.