UNIX/scripting/programming courses?

[Grant M.]

dsr at tao.merseine.nu wrote:
> Pascal is an excellent first language -- and that's pretty much
> all it's good for, at this point. There's no reason not to teach
> Pascal to beginners.

I would much rather see something like Perl or Ruby. These are languages
that you can get for free on pretty much any platform, and they are
somewhat forgiving. In that sense, I think the student can have an
opportunity to learn to program _well_, while still learning to just
program. Perl also offers a pretty straight forward entry-level syntax,
as well as the opportunity to learn a more advanced level of use.
My 2 cents,
Grant M.
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Grant Mongardi
Systems Engineer
NAPC