[Courses] [C] Next C topic: Your Choice

[REMOVED]

Dear all,

My apologies for the very rude message sent by Steve.  Please ignore totally
and continue

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenn Vesperman" <jenn at anthill.echidna.id.au>
To: "REMOVED" <REMOVED at bigpond.net.au>
Cc: "Sophie" <sophie at cats.meow.at>; "Mary" <mary-linuxchix at puzzling.org>;
<courses at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Courses] [C] Next C topic: Your Choice


> On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 21:15, REMOVED wrote:
> > In regards to C, (my wife has subscribed to this topic, but I just
happened
> > to see it), forget C, it is a barabaric language that only serves the
> > function of being a universal assembler language.  Try to learn
something
> > that will be useful in the future instead.
>
> Steve,
>
> That was a very unhelpful post, and insulting to the people interested
> in learning C - or in learning anything, for that matter. It is an
> unprofessional attitude, as well, and I am surprised to see it here.
>
> The women in this course have _chosen_ to study C. They have made an
> informed choice, and are (in general) well aware of Perl, Python, Ruby,
> Java, Prolog, Modula 3, or whichever language would be your preference.
>
> The choice of programming language is a personal one, specific to the
> individual and the task. (Unless the person is being paid to progam in a
> specific language, of course.)
>
> Please in future do us the favour of NOT assuming that your personal
> opinion of a language is universal. Hint: It isn't.
>
> If one is learning programming as a skill, it really doesn't matter
> which language is learned. The grammar and syntax are trivial compared
> to the ideas and the patterns of thinking. Learn one programming
> language, and you can then learn any other language in the same overall
> language family - and you can learn the other families fairly easily.
>
>
>
> If you, Steve, have _specific_ information about C, please feel free to
> present it - but preferably more politely and without making yourself
> look crude. If you have _opinion_, please present it as such and not in
> a manner which is designed to be demeaning.
>
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Jenn V.
> --
>     "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture
>         you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
>
> jenn at anthill.echidna.id.au     http://anthill.echidna.id.au/~jenn/
>
>
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