26 Jan
2012
26 Jan
'12
8:39 a.m.
On 26 January 2012 04:31, TeoZ <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
What is the big deal, don't people try out new things AFTER they graduate
college? If you only used Java in college then you are going to just use
that forever?
No - I think it's a more general form of the Dijkstra thing. Something like:
If an advanced student learns only simple tools, but learns them in
considerable depth, that it leaves that student very ill-equipped for
learning more complex tools later. Especially if they're trying to
teach themselves the more complex tools.
Another way of putting it:
It's OK to take baby steps in something very simple - but after that,
if training a student to do things *properly,* train them on the more
advanced, more capable tools, right from the start. Otherwise they
won't learn the more sophisticated techniques, and these are much
harder to pick up later on.
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