Re: Interesting article by Joel Spolsky: The Perils of JavaSchools

In article <qokqr1los71vcv7oemue9ll77cpom5169u@xxxxxxx>,
caseyhHAMMER_TIME@xxxxxxxx says...
> Interesting article by Joel Spolsky: The Perils of JavaSchools
>
> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html

Decades ago, Dijkstra sneered at students who had dared to learn Basic,
and consequently lapped up his pearls of wisdom with less appreciation
than he expected. Now, it appears, the target is Java.

It's ironic to see the somewhat trivial concepts of pointers and
recursion feted as challenging, purely on the basis that certain
programmers are unfamiliar with their use. [And surely Java supports
recursion as well as any language?]

Then comes the extolling of functional languages such as Lisp, which
have more advocates than useful programs written in them. It expands
the brain and makes you a better person, or so we're told. I've heard
colonic irrigation does the same.

- Gerry Quinn
.

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