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zelphirkaltyesterday at 10:48 PM1 replyview on HN

Omg, switching to C++ for pupils programming beginners ... "How to turn off the most students from computer programming?" 101. Really can't get much worse than C++ for beginners.


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nightflytoday at 2:31 AM

PSU (Oregon) uses C++ as just "c with classes" and ignores the rest of C++ for intro to programming courses. It frustrates people who already use C++ but otherwise works pretty well.