Tag: programming languages
-
C, C, glorious C
This blog – The Unreasonable Effectiveness of C – is really very good, and makes a lot of points that are very difficult to argue with. Though, lately, I have (re-)discovered the joys of C++ – even if I do write code in that language like a C programmer. In the last six months I […]
-
Three steps forward, but one step back?
The new English ICT/computer science curriculum promises to be a huge step forward and, in my experience, a chance to teach children something for which their enthusiasm promises to be close to unlimited. One thing puzzles me, though. Speaking about it today the education secretary, Michael Gove – who deserves some praise for listening to the arguments […]
cartesian product ... stuff about computing mostly 