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Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java

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On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:07:01 -0700 (PDT), saxo123@gmx.de wrote, quoted
or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>I would also have to teach Perl programmers Java. N

My greatest teaching success was at a computer summer camp for kids 7
to 15.  I asked each kid why he wanted to learn to program computers.
Nearly all said to create computer games.  So in my opening remarks I
said, "We are only going to teach you things you MUST know to create
computer games. It may not appear that way at first, but it is. I
promise I will not waste your time teaching you anything not directly
relevant to that goal."  You have never seen a more motivated set of
students in your life.

You might be able to do something similar with Java.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
It should not be considered an error when the user starts something
already started or stops something already stopped. This applies
to browsers, services, editors... It is inexcusable to 
punish the user by requiring some elaborate sequence to atone,
e.g. open the task editor, find and kill some processes.

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Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java saxo123@gmx.de - 2011-10-24 15:07 -0700
  Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-24 16:10 -0700
    Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-05 22:16 -0400
  Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java William Colls <william.colls@rogers.com> - 2011-10-24 22:24 -0400
    Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-10-25 07:06 +0000
      Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2011-10-25 10:03 -0700
        Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-25 20:00 -0700
          Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-10-26 20:59 +0000
  Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java saxo123@gmx.de - 2011-10-25 02:48 -0700
    Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-25 04:18 -0700
      Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Ten Blade <ten.blade@tenblade.com> - 2011-10-26 13:49 +0000
  Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java saxo123@gmx.de - 2011-10-26 00:52 -0700
    Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2011-10-26 23:27 -0700
      Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java saxo123@gmx.de - 2011-10-27 00:58 -0700
    Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-27 08:07 -0700
      Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-10-27 10:18 -0700
  Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-26 08:35 -0700
    Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-26 21:51 +0100
      Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2011-10-27 11:32 +0100
        Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Jef <e70838@gmail.com> - 2011-10-27 05:45 -0700
        Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-10-27 10:28 -0700
  Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-26 21:54 +0100
  Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-10-26 20:45 -0500
    Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2011-10-27 16:31 -0700
  Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-27 17:02 -0700
  Re: Any experience on teaching Perl programmers Java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-27 17:07 -0700

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