Re: How do I start?
- From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:21:15 +0000
Rui Maciel said:
Richard Heathfield wrote:
Alas, that is how too many people "get into computer programming"
nowadays, which is perhaps why so many people are so bad at it.
For some people that is exactly the only way they can "get into
computer programming". What's wrong with that?
Let's reiterate the advice on which I was commenting, shall we? (a) pick
a language (b) get a compiler for it (c) grab a tutorial off the Web.
That strategy offers no guidance on how to pick a language that is
appropriate to the mindset of the person choosing it. If they choose a
language that turns out to be incomprehensible to them, maybe we'll
lose a potentially excellent programmer because they are turned off at
Stage 1. (b) is neither here nor there, really, so let's move on to
(c). The quality of Web tutorials is highly variable, and again the
newbie is not in a good position to judge quality.
So the advice can and does lead to frustration, inefficiency, and the
spread of poor programming practice.
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