rneitzel@udenva.cair.du.edu (RICHARD NEITZEL ) (10/23/87)
In article <472@naucse.UUCP> wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) writes: > >Anyone can teach FORTRAN or any other Language in a non-structured >manner. Anyone who has ever had to perform maintainence of someonelse's code knows that writing in a non-structured form is very common, no matter what the language is in use. The real issue isn't the language but the skill of the author. This is something that is therefore language independent and therfore can be taught in any language. Actually, when you think about it, there is really only one language involved, of which computer "languages" are merely dialects, with some distrinct subgroups. Much like the relationship between Low and High German, Dutch, etc. Once you know how to use one well it is a matter of learning a different grammer and syntax, not a whole new field of knowledge. > ...Even COBOL has a place. And let's keep it there, out of the daylight.