/prog/ - programming course

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-22 21:47

My high school has just decided to use adobe flex to teach the programming course. Adobe flex is just a program that reads in xml and outputs fancy flash web pages. I also believe that there is a scripting language that comes with it. I find it really annoying that they are using some lame program to teach the course, as using some lame program made by adobe has nothing at all to do with programming. I believe that the course will switch back to normal programming problems, using C++, later on. Even if C++ is annoying, it's a fuck of a lot better than that adobe enterprise garbage.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-22 21:57

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Name: Anonymous 2009-11-22 21:58

They should use PostScript.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-22 22:01

gcc is just a program that reads in txt and outputs fancy binary executables.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-22 23:12

>>4
Woah...

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-22 23:14

and what is your question, OP?

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-23 0:09

>>4
My mind has been _{b l o w n}

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-23 0:10

>>6
Every thread doesn't have to be a question. This isn't a support forum.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-23 8:51

gcc is just a program that reads numbers and outputs more numbers.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-23 22:00

>>8
Or is it?

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-23 22:15

Pre-collegiate programming courses should use non-OOB languages.

The entry level (and interdisciplinary) programming course should use Java or Perl. If you can't survive either of those, get out.
The formal courses should use C and C++, with Assembly.
The advanced courses should use LISP or Scheme.
Specialization courses should involve Python, COBOL, FORTRAN, VB, or whichever language was not accommodated above.

The final project is to learn how to program by rapidly touching two wires together to denote 'on' and 'off' current sequences.

Name: Anonymous 2009-11-23 22:18

>>11
OOB should be OO. That's what I get for missing the BIGGEST KEY on the whole keyboard.