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GeneralRe: Why are so many peopel appearing to suddenly learn C as a first language? Pin
enhzflep19-Mar-21 10:50
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Gary Wheeler22-Mar-21 6:31
Gary Wheeler22-Mar-21 6:31 
Hmm. I'll take the contrary position and disagree with you.

I think C makes a good teaching language for a certain class of student who I will call, for lack of a more appropriate term, The Geek. The Geek wants to understand how everything works. They want to know how to tie bits together, and to make those collections of bits do new and exciting (aka Cool | :cool: ) things.

C has value for that sort of student. It's as bare metal as you can get without resorting to assembly language. C provides an understanding of certain fundamental building blocks that are givens in more sophisticated languages. The Geek can build those blocks in C, which provides a greater appreciation of their strengths and weaknesses. There are consequences for making mistakes, consequences that will make The Geek really think about what they are doing.

I know this to be true, because back in the day I was The Geek Big Grin | :-D .
Software Zen: delete this;

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