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by technogeek00
4948 days ago
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Java has two strong points, its a great example of OOP and it forces you to understand types. I find that if students don't learn these things early on they will never get around to learning it, then when they get to C or Python where types are more of a suggestion, they have a really hard time with it. Java is stricter and harder to learn I agree, but the fact that it makes you understand OOP and types just to use it properly makes you a far better programmer in my opinion. I think Java should definitely be used as a starter language. |
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If understanding types is so important, then why not go all the way and use either ML or Haskell, or at least Scala?
Most freshmen who stumble through a Java-school curriculum will not understand types at all, and based on confusion among a number of colleagues just yesterday (all Java programmers) about what a "sum type" is, it's clear to me that Java doesn't encourage developing a rigorous understanding of types, even for professional programmers.