C++ is an insult to the human brain

Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy is another fallacy.

Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples.

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster. (Or, sometimes known by] Grove [the head of Intel] giveth and Gates [the head of Microsoft] taketh away.)

A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.

Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated.