Re: Is delphi a good introduction to programming?

> I disagree with the premise that casual programmers don't need to
develop
the same level of sophistication as one seeking a career writing
applications.

Sophistication costs effort.
I am begining to feel, you and I may be having different meanings for
sophistication in this context.

> As with natural languages, programming languages embody more
than vocabulary. Each language encapsulates a culture. In the case of
programming languages it a matter of how problems are generally
approached
and also the range of problems that can realistically be solved.
Further,
first languages have a disproportionate impact on one's world view - be
it
the real world, that of algorithms & data structures, or even geometric
universes.

Couldn't agree more. You put it well.

> Finally, each language learned impacts the learning curve of the
next. Learning a high-level language such as Delphi will greatly reduce
the
learning curve of similar and of less sophisticated languages.

Yes! However, I view dynamic and functional languages as more
sophisticated than Object Pascal, not less. Object Pascal is rigorous.

.

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