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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/28/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Dave
Thacker</B> <<A href="mailto:dthacker9@cox.net">dthacker9@cox.net</A>>
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<DIV>On Saturday 24 February 2007 14:08, Robert Fulkerson wrote:<BR><SPAN
class=122052120-28022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>[Thompson,
Kenn] Snip</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>> UNO would like to create a
two-course sequence of web-related<BR>> programming. We
currently have my course, which is taught in Perl and <BR>> another
course that covers similar content but doesn't require any previous<BR>>
programming experience that is taught in Python. <BR><SPAN
class=122052120-28022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>[Thompson,
Kenn] SNIP</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>> So, fire away. Why
should we continue to teach Perl instead of Python<BR>> at
UNO? Other than the fact that it's the coolest language
ever? :) <BR><BR><BR><SPAN class=122052120-28022007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>[Thompson, Kenn] </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=122052120-28022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Here's food for thought... Given it's an "Internet" programming
course, with no previous experience needed (meaning it would be unlikely
that the student would know/understand concepts such as OO,
typecasting/etc), wouldn't it be better to start the series with a crash
course in JavaScript, then follow up with a strong language like
Perl?</FONT> </SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>