12 Apr
2011
12 Apr
'11
12:33 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Fred Cisin wrote:
learning
Makefiles before "fancy" IDEs, but Makefiles weren't an option
with my first "real" compiler (Turbo Pascal 2.0). Then again, I don't
think any form of make was available for CP/M. :)
I got up to speed with C & Makefiles soon enough when I got a copy of SCO
Xenix 286 though. :)
> (NOT for
retail products). I settled on TurboC for teaching beginning C
> classes when Borland started making free download available. But, I also
> REQUIRED each student to write at least one homework assignment using a
> command line compiler (I recommended GCC and DeSmet "PersonalC")
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Gene Buckle wrote:
Neat. Makefiles could be a class all by itself.
:)
YES! I explained batchfiles and what MAKE is, and showed a couple of
examples, but did NOT spend any significant amount of class time on them.
One of the other instructors used Visual Studio for his classes. At
the end of the semester, my students could write simple C programs (file
handling, etc.) and struggle through how to use other compilers; his
students could not write programs, nor use ANY compiler other than Visual
Studio. I guess that his could get a job easier, mine could start a
career.
From where I sit as a self-taught programmer, I would have been better off The differences really showed up in the second
semester ("Data Structures
and Algorithms")
This is a fantastic book if you're a Delphi or FPC user:
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-tomes-of-delphi-algorithms-and-da…
g.
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