[NTLUG:Discuss] Corel donates Linux to DISD

[Steve Egbert]

Kathleen Weaver wrote:

> I don't have that choice.  You see, we have a district final (yes, and that
> was my choice too), and based on Visual Basic.

That is a shame.   It isn't exactly an IEEE-sanctioned language.  How can we
prepare our future engineers this way?

> It would not be fair for a student to attend Samuel High School, then
> transfer to Hillcrest and find we are doing something totally different.  I
> wish we had a state standard, as I get kiddos all the time who have been
> learning Pascal, and can't cope with the class.

Can't miss with C language.  It is no different that FORTRAN that was a
standard in my days (snicker).


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