[Info-vax] Rust as a HS language, was: Re: Quiet?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/7/2022 10:26 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 4/7/22 10:02, Dave Froble wrote:
>> Instructing a dumb (but very fast) computer how to accomplish some 
>> task requires some special ways of approaching the job.  Some people 
>> "get it", some people don't, and early exposure to the techniques can 
>> be helpful.
> 
> My experience in academia doesn't agree. We have had students come in
> with "experience" and "Computer Science Education" prior to the start
> of their college courses. (and many of them started with BASIC, usually
> on an Apple)  They have a higher likelihood of failing and dropping
> out.  Usually because they come in thinking they already know all about
> it when in fact that never had the basics  one should learn before they
> write that first program.  All this current craze for "coding" for
> everyone down to pre-school does not bode well for the industry.

The lessons learned in such early programming is that:
- software development is about typing in lines of code
- software development is pretty easy
and that is really worse than nothing.

They would do way better if they had taken math at a higher
level. That would have learned them the right way of thinking.
And then they could learn software development later.

Arne