[Novalug] Teaching Computers Science

[Raul]

Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> Raul wrote:
>> Clif Flynt wrote:
>>>   First year students study basic algorithms using scheme, second year
>>> students get data structures using Java, and then various courses use
>>> scripting languages, C, C++, assembler, etc.
>>>   
>> "... various courses use scripting languages, C ...."
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>> Did I miss something - I never heard of C referred to as a 
>> "scripting" language. - link 
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29>
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> Seems like the correct grammar to me:  listing something in a series 
> like that implies that C is NOT a scripting language.
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Thanks - I missed that. Looking over it now makes sense - ... assembler 
- which is definitely not scripting