Teaching D from Scratch: Is it a viable first language?
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HN comment orderDepend on what is your target audience. If they are beginner comp sci students then D is ok. Preferably something lispy like Racket. If they are more of "learn to code" and get high paying job, D is not recommended. Python, Java/Kotlin, R, C# or C/C++ would be better choices. If you are focusing on embedded students, C is a must and maybe Rust. If you are focusing on web development, then Javascript/Node is a must. Some people would argue…
I've taught hundreds of people programming. For one year, at my first real job, I was tasked with teaching the programmers within a big company Pascal. All of them were already professional programmers using Fortran, COBOL, or assembly language. The company had a commitment to modernize their software development practices and one facet of this was to introduce a more modern language--Pascal at that time (circa 1976). I enjoyed that year and, for the most part, my "students" were easy…
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
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| 2021-12-23 | Teaching D from Scratch: Is it a viable first language? | ingve | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-12-28 | Teaching D from Scratch: Is it a viable first language?First breakout · Best thread | teleforce | 87 | 74 |
| 2024-01-20 | Teaching D from Scratch: Is it a viable first language? (2021)Latest 20+ point return | AlexeyBrin | 78 | 88 |