Re: [LIP] Re: [JUG-Delhi] MVC is not OO

Hi Shantanu,

> -----<quote>-----
> It is practically impossible to teach good programming
> style to
> students that have had prior exposure to BASIC: as potential
> programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of
> regeneration.
> -----</quote>-----

The said statement was made by Edsgar W Dijkstra in "How do we
tell truths that might hurt?"
(http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd04xx/EWD498.PDF).

Interestingly the line after the one above (abt BASIC) is:

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should
therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence."

> I am sorry to say that your sig is a complete lie. It is a
> result of
> either total lack of information on the subject or wilful
> malice. I for
> one have used BASIC for a long time when I was first
> exposed to
> computers. (GW)BASIC was the first programming language I
> learnt at
> school and used it along with 8086 Assembly for straight 3
> years in a
> row to write programs. Guess what, now I have moved on much
> further, but
> I cherish those days.

How touching.

> Please refrain from giving in to such false ideas, or the
> temptation to
> propagate it.

He is as entitled to his opinions as you are to yours.

> In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and
> gates?

Clever ...

--
regards,
Roshan Mathews

"Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the
public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the
public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can
have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some
individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of
others."
        -- Ayn Rand





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