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Which syntax to teach ?

David Teller
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- Andrej Bauer
  - Adrien
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    - Chung-chieh Shan
      - Brian Hurt
        
        Chung-chieh Shan
        
        Edgar Friendly
        
        skaller
        
        Vincent Aravantinos
        
        William D. Neumann
        
        Eliot Handelman
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Date:	-- (:)
From:	Richard Jones <rich@a...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Which syntax to teach ?

On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:23:07PM +0200, Andrej Bauer wrote:
> 1. Students want to use Microsoft Windows.
> 2. Students HATE Emacs because its basic behavior regarding selections,
>    cut & paste is counter-intuitive to them.
> 3. Students think Make is an archaic nuisance (and they're right).

It's too much to expect that students should actually have to
learn something :-)

Rich.

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