Hello,
--- Sarath Lakshman sarathlakshman@yahoo.com wrote:
Hello Friends,
I am here to inform you about an issue in 11th Class. Now I am studying in 11th class - Computer Science. Our text book is following the proprietary C++ compiler (Turbo C++ Compiler) and there is nothing about Software freedom and importance of free software.
C++ is a horrible language to teach introductory Computer Science - you spend most of the time struggling with syntax; time which is better spent studying the problem solving process itself. We need to:
a) Kick out C/C++ from our +2 syllabus and introduce Scheme/Python instead (the TeachScheme project is trying to do this in the US; they have a great GPL'd programming environment for Scheme called Dr.Scheme and a very well written textbook called `How To Design programs' both of which are extremely innovative)
b) Kick out DOS/Windoze and introduce GNU/Linux instead.
Are there members on the list who think along similar lines; can we do something for this?
Pramode ----------
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