ActionScript as a teaching language

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 11:53:44PM -0500, Paul King wrote:
> This is why I wouldn't teach Python, because the scoping would not be obvious 
> enough. I wouldn't teach C/C++, because it is too loosely-typed. Java is a little 
> better, and is also taught alternatively with ActionScript, because its typing 
> and scoping rules are more sensible. I would personally favour Java.

One of these days the java fad will end, people will stop going by
buzzwords, and we will all be rid of the classpath hell, and run
everywhere code that never does.  Really. :)  Or so I wish.  I can
dream, can't I?

Len Sorensen
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