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On Tuesday, 3 December 2019 16:26:55 UTC, Optikos  wrote:

> > That's not what I'm saying at all!
> >=20
> > I'm saying to get someone used to the language, there is no problem wit=
h starting them off with the
> > ready defined types, but explaining ranges a little later on, literally=
, within pages of themselves.
>=20
> Oh, then I agree with AdaMagica wholeheartedly if restricted to only lear=
ning a new language.  I once worked for a long-time Fortran programmer who =
self-taught himself C; every line of code that he wrote was 110% pure Fortr=
an-think without any resemblance (other than surface syntax) to anything mo=
re modern: =20

...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand you missed my point entirely. I said to introduce them=
 to typing concepts after getting them used to the very basics, i.e. first =
few simple programs adding numbers and printing them out, how the build usi=
ng the compiler, then handle types and explaining how they're different to =
something like typedef in C.