Re:Why not both? (Score 1)

There are many questions involved in selecting a programming language. Is the purpose of programming to understand computers ? Is the student wishing to train as a programmer - and if so will they be developing applications, coding operating systems or writing games And most importantly- are they learning program design ? The greatest problem with VB is the lack of a methodology suitable for the event-driven paradigm when being taught to 'less serious' students. I teach VB6 to these students, but good ones write recursive functions to process data in TreeView components in their second year. This is NOT trivial. Jim Williamson