Teaching C as first programming language

[house ron]

cosper at seq.uncwil.edu (Kit Cosper) writes:

>	I just go through the first semester of C and had a blast.
>	We used Kochan's _Programming in C_, which I found to be 
>	a most friendly text for the neophyte programmer.  I also
>....
>	At this university C is now "the" intro language.  I had BASIC
>	years ago (~10) and had no problems with taking C and FORTRAN
>	concurrently.  Actually, I found C easier than FORTRAN.

Then you're not a neophyte programmer, are you?  When you learn you
very first language, you master all sorts of _concepts_ which you never
need learn again.

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Regards,

Ron House.   (s64421 at zeus.usq.edu.au)
(By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba. Australia. 4350)