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Universities finally realize that Java is a bad intro programming language

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Re: Universities finally realize that Java is a bad intro programming language

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post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>mkdir -p ~/go/src/project Where is the mkdir icon on my windows desktop?

I'm not sure what point you're making. It's easy enough to translate my unix shorthand for directory creation into windows instructions...

Windows even has mkdir. I'm not sure if this particular line would work though (-p is the default behavior on Windows; I don't think it would understand the switch).

Re: Universities finally realize that Java is a bad intro programming language

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post #20

As someone who primarily makes a living from programming JavaScript, I don't think this is a good idea. Java may be a bit syntactically bloated, but it's a much better engineered language than JavaScript. The parts "fit" together in a more methodical way. And while a learner may be able to get started with JavaScript quicker, as they move into larger projects they'll find the quirky JS implicit type coercion rules to…

The article isn't wrong. I count 15 words that are CS specific jargon in the Hello World statement. Couple this with some big lecture and mediocre professor who explains poorly, it's pretty painful intro experience.
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