I have been teaching computers for 20 years now to linguists at a dutch university. I found that when MS-Windows became more and more popular, it became harder and harder to teach the students how to *really* use computer- languages. A certain level of abstraction seems to be necessary for non-trivial work, and whereas working with a CLI prepares people for this level of abstraction, working with a GUI seems to inhibit it. paai@kub.nl
Don't worry. I cut my teeth in 1979 on an Apple II. Now I am 52 years old and have no difficulties keeping up with new languages like PHP or XML. It becomes somewhat harder to remember new details, but I have a computer to check them, don't I?
There was a young lady from Niger who smiled when she rode on a tiger they came back drom the ride with the lady inside and the smile on the face of the tiger.
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I have been teaching computers for 20 years now to linguists at a dutch university. I found that when MS-Windows became more and more popular, it became harder and harder to teach the students how to *really* use computer- languages. A certain level of abstraction seems to be necessary for non-trivial work, and whereas working with a CLI prepares people for this level of abstraction, working with a GUI seems to inhibit it. paai@kub.nl
Agreed. Regardless of whether it is offensive to Christians.
Don't worry. I cut my teeth in 1979 on an Apple II. Now I am 52 years old and have no difficulties keeping up with new languages like PHP or XML. It becomes somewhat harder to remember new details, but I have a computer to check them, don't I?
There was a young lady from Niger
who smiled when she rode on a tiger
they came back drom the ride
with the lady inside
and the smile on the face of the tiger.
Think about it.