He came round to help people and see where to go next. The teacher herself became so confused she called in another teacher from next door. After an hour some were further than others, but nobody had really achieved anything significant. We had a two-hour taster session to do this, and after explanation how the binary system works we had to begin, despite, on the whole, nobody really having the foggiest idea where to begin.
The first and only task was to write a Java command-line application to convert binary to denary (decimal).
In hindsight, I reckon she went through it incredibly quickly to see who could really "handle" taking Computing A-Level, since students still have a chance to change their subjects before September begins. She didn't bother to explain any of the concepts, how they work, or what you would realistically use them for, and seemed to take great pleasure in watching most of the students (who were, on the whole, new to programming) squirm in their seats at not having the vaguest idea what she was on about. Our first task the teacher ran through ridiculously fast. I'm unfamiliar with Java but have a pretty good grasp on general programming fundamentals (variables, functions, object-orientation, loops, etc.). I did an induction lesson into my A-Level Computing Class in school two days ago – we're using Java for the first year of the course.
Is PHP not considered a "real" programming language? What is a "real" programming language? Must a language be compiled to be taken seriously? Background Recently a teacher said "PHP isn't a real programming language", but only gave, in my opinion, weak justification:
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