Re: How to solve for smallest and largest int?

From: Michael Mendelsohn (keine.Werbung.1300_at_michael.mendelsohn.de)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 14:26:00 +0100

Richard Heathfield schrieb:
> > Returining to the beginning of this message, I do not see a
> > clear justification for claiming that Basic or C are more
> > suited for a person that cannot generate a simple algorithm.
>
> In fact, one would argue (as I have done above) that a "safe" language would
> be a better bet for a newbie. Playpens, sandboxes (sandpits, here in the
> UK), and all that. Training wheels for programmers. Such languages have an
> important place.

If one considers that a good way to learn is from reading and modifying
other people's code, it makes sense to choose a learning language where
code can't be so easily obfucated, and where modifications cannot so
easily seem to work although they are incorrect.

Michael 

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