Learning a language [Was: Re: Good debugger?

lvirden_at_yahoo.com
Date: 11/17/03 

Date: 17 Nov 2003 16:27:10 GMT

According to Bgc <sscherer@rocketmail.com>:
:Stepping through a script sequence, one line at a time, and watching
:the variables change values as you do so is a much better approach to
:learning a language, in my opinion, then inputing values to a function
:and observing the output.

I can understand this. Look at how tktutor teaches - type in commands
and look at results.

Having a program which 'traces' execution of a tcl script, showing the user
how the various variables are changing, as well as the other impacts of
each statement, would be a great tool to aid in teaching the language. 

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