[Novalug] Teaching Computers Science

Angelo Bertolli angelo at freeshell.org
Sun Sep 30 12:40:48 EDT 2007


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 ...."
>
> 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>


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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