In a rare moment of self-awareness I realise that I'm arguing on the internet.
The only point I can make is that I'm tending towards idiocy ;-)
Let us just agree with the facts: (a) I first learned to program in BASIC at 10 years old, (b) I am indeed psychologically damaged by the stigma promoted by Djikstra and (c) it's true that I struggled with pointers in C in first year university. So hey, he was probably right - both Djikstra and the OP. Honest enough for ya? ;-)
p.s. I lost two internet points trying to be Captain Defend-the-old-BASIC-programmers. Lessons learned.
The only point I can make is that I'm tending towards idiocy ;-)
Let us just agree with the facts: (a) I first learned to program in BASIC at 10 years old, (b) I am indeed psychologically damaged by the stigma promoted by Djikstra and (c) it's true that I struggled with pointers in C in first year university. So hey, he was probably right - both Djikstra and the OP. Honest enough for ya? ;-)
p.s. I lost two internet points trying to be Captain Defend-the-old-BASIC-programmers. Lessons learned.