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From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] c++
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:06:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f491df4be06ee028571d96c2dd4e0dde@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFo14L25Pm21ySuxyobq12az6M78WaqW3nyg5sptjci0VKAsXg@mail.gmail.com>

> Of course, it depends on the problem considered. But I think the big
> problems in the world have little to do with programming languages,
> particularly c++, which is the topic at hand.

Well, in the unequal world of long-post-apartheid rural South Africa
where I live, my hope is to teach unspoilt, but also uneducated kids
programming using Go on a Plan 9 platform (the teaching, mostly).
Doing the same in C++ or Java would demand much more effort on my part
and much more powerful resources than I have at my disposal.
Eventually, we may get over these obstacles, but by then I'm hoping
the ability to solve problems using Go will already be an asset for
the kids.

Am I delusional?  Maybe, but it's worth a try.

++L




  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-11-22 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-19 22:48 steve
2012-11-20  1:37 ` Jeff Sickel
2012-11-20  2:08   ` Matthew Veety
2012-11-20 10:12     ` Steve Simon
2012-11-22  9:54       ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-11-22 10:07         ` lucio
2012-11-22 10:21           ` Nemo
2012-11-22 15:37             ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:19               ` Nemo
2012-11-22 16:31                 ` lucio
2012-11-25  6:09                   ` David Leimbach
2012-11-22 10:39           ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 10:18         ` Lluís Batlle i Rossell
2012-11-22 11:34         ` hiro
2012-11-22 11:57           ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 14:25             ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 13:13           ` Hugo Rivera
2012-11-22 13:48             ` hiro
2012-11-22 14:22               ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 14:38                 ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 14:47                   ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 14:54                     ` Hugo Rivera
2012-11-22 15:47                       ` tlaronde
2012-11-22 16:00                         ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 16:11                           ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 16:15                           ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:31                             ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 17:30                               ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:18                           ` tlaronde
2012-11-22 16:06                       ` lucio [this message]
2012-11-22 16:07                         ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 16:12                         ` Hugo Rivera
2012-11-22 16:25                           ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:51                         ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 17:16                           ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 17:39                           ` lucio
2012-11-22 17:51                             ` Paul Lalonde
2012-11-22 17:53                               ` hiro
2012-11-22 18:13                                 ` lucio
2012-11-22 18:00                               ` lucio
2012-12-03 13:43                       ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2012-12-03 14:13                         ` Charles Forsyth
2012-12-03 14:58                           ` Kurt H Maier
2012-12-03 15:21                             ` Charles Forsyth
2012-12-03 15:29                               ` Kurt H Maier
2012-12-04 21:36                                 ` hiro
2012-11-22 16:58                     ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 22:25                       ` erik quanstrom
2012-11-22 14:54                   ` dexen deVries
2012-11-22 17:04                     ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 17:31                       ` hiro
2012-11-22 17:45                         ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 17:46                         ` lucio
2012-11-22 20:17                           ` Matthew Veety
2012-11-22 17:42                       ` lucio
2012-11-22 17:44                         ` hiro
2012-11-22 17:47                           ` lucio
2012-11-22 19:55                             ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-23  3:31                               ` lucio
2012-11-23  3:56                                 ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-22 17:50                         ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 17:59                           ` lucio
2012-11-22 18:02                             ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 18:12                               ` lucio
2012-11-22 19:15                                 ` Richard Miller
2012-11-22 21:48                                 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 21:34                               ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 16:15                   ` Christopher Nielsen
2012-11-22 17:10                   ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-22 17:18                     ` Charles Forsyth
2012-11-22 17:22                       ` tlaronde
2012-11-22 17:27                         ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 17:45                     ` Dan Cross
2012-11-22 19:55                       ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-23  9:42                     ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-11-22 17:58                   ` lucio
2012-11-22 16:32                 ` Richard Miller
2012-11-22 17:39                   ` hiro
2012-11-22 20:14                   ` Matthew Veety
2012-11-22 15:50           ` lucio
2012-11-22 14:54         ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-22 17:40       ` Pavel Klinkovsky
2012-11-22 18:11         ` tlaronde
2012-11-20 19:58     ` Wes Kussmaul
2012-11-20 20:07       ` tlaronde
2012-11-20 20:17         ` Wes Kussmaul
2012-11-22 12:58         ` Pedro Lamarão
2012-11-20 19:05 ` Bakul Shah
2012-11-20 20:31   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2012-11-20 20:09 ` dexen deVries
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-11-24  1:45 [9fans] C++ Winston Kodogo
2012-11-22 22:32 Winston Kodogo
2012-11-23  3:04 ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-11-23  9:47 ` Gorka Guardiola
2012-11-23 10:21   ` dexen deVries
2012-11-23 13:28     ` Pedro Lamarão
2012-11-23 14:02       ` lucio
2012-11-25  6:03         ` David Leimbach
2012-11-27 17:09     ` Eugene Gorodinsky
2012-11-27 19:57       ` David Leimbach
2012-11-27 20:15         ` Kurt H Maier
2012-12-03 10:02 ` faif
2012-11-19  9:59 [9fans] c++ Steve Simon
2012-11-19 10:10 ` Mathieu Lonjaret
2012-11-19 11:31   ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2012-11-19 10:45 ` iainws
2012-11-19 12:17 ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2012-11-19 12:46   ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2012-11-19 12:55     ` hiro
2012-11-19 13:22   ` cinap_lenrek
2012-11-19 14:58     ` tlaronde
2012-11-19 15:17       ` Bence Fábián
2012-11-19 14:25 ` Robert Raschke
2012-11-19 14:56 ` Calvin Morrison
2012-11-19 14:09   ` cinap_lenrek
2012-11-19 15:38     ` Bence Fábián
2012-11-19 16:45       ` Jeff Sickel
2012-11-19 15:10   ` Kurt H Maier
2012-11-22 14:10     ` David Leimbach
2012-11-22 14:13       ` David Leimbach
2012-11-19 16:21 ` Andrés Domínguez
2012-11-19 20:02 ` Aharon Robbins
2012-11-20  2:24 ` Taj Khattra
2012-11-20  3:47   ` Bruce Ellis

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