Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!gatech!hubcap!billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe,2847,) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Which language to teach first? Message-ID: <6265@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 15 Aug 89 18:53:03 GMT References: <5688@ficc.uu.net> Sender: news@hubcap.clemson.edu Reply-To: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu Lines: 11 From article <5688@ficc.uu.net>, by peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva): >> In that case, let them take the introductory course for non-majors. > > So, what language should non-majors start with? It is probably inadvisable to teach them any language at all; instead, a survey of user-oriented systems (Hypercard, the so-called 4GLs, and so on) would probably be more appropriate. Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu