In Praise of Scripting: Real Programming Pragmatism

  • Authors:
  • Ronald P. Loui

  • Affiliations:
  • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The author recommends that scripting, not Java, be taught first, asserting that students should learn to love their own possibilities before they learn to loathe other people's restrictions.