ActionScript as a teaching language

[Stewart C. Russell]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 
> Strongly typed languages help avoid many bugs since the
> compiler just won't accept the code in most cases if it isn't right.

But negative reinforcement isn't a great way to learn. Strong typing 
maybe be a boon for the production programmer, but for everyone else, it 
gets in the way.

> Did you just use perl and obvious in the same sentence?

Yeah, I did -- but I did say that its syntax could be odious. But what 
is obvious about Perl's use of structures is that you can add members at 
random places at any time, without having to worry about memory 
allocation and other low-level details.

I guess I never was cut out to be a computer scientist or kernel hacker, 
but I get the things done I need to get done.

  Stewart

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