[ale] [90dw-lcthw] C as a second language

[Chris Fowler]

> From: "DJ-Pfulio" <djpfulio at jdpfu.com>
> To: ale at ale.org
> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 4:36:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] [90dw-lcthw] C as a second language

> And that was the common advice from 1960-1995.
> Since then, we've learned that students don't stick with languages long enough
> if there isn't nearly immediate feedback and the ability to create useful
> programs.

I don't think this has anything to do with new students. I tried to learn every language I could when I was younger, but the ones that stuck were the ones where I needed to use them as a tool. 

Perl is an excellent example. Tried the 21 days book back in the 90s. Never stuck and I kept programming in C. I needed a way to hammer our systems, programs, etc so I used Perl as a debugging tool. Make 100,000 connections and look for memory leaks for example. Today, I now write more Perl than I do C. 
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