Why prefer V over so called visual languages?
Hello, list!
I'm considering to give some C++ undergraduate classes that will try
to make students advance a little more in the study of C++ and
object-oriented programming. That will be in the next year.
Since Dr. Wampler's design and implementation is so clean and,
indeed Dr. Wampler used V to teach OOP and D, i considered using V.
The students for these courses will be my current basic C++ students,
and i'm talking to them in order to design a course thats' able to
motivate them.
When talking to some more advanced students they asked me: hey, why
don't we just use a visual language? Like Delphi or VB?
Some of my answers to these objections are: the app frameworks don't
create good OO designs; you should understand what's under the hood
and V is multiplatform.
To the last argument they answer that there's now Delphi for Linux.
The OOD argument can't be appreciated by them, since they don't know
OOD. :-( To the under the hood argument they answer it's not very
practical to understand what's happening.
So, may i ask you to be as kind as to help me find arguments to these
students, that are as assertive as they are beginners.
Thanks for any help.
Best regards,
--hilton
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