[mdlug] how would you teach a class?

[Garry Stahl]

Drew wrote:
> At 10:33 PM 7/8/09, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>
>   
>> Teach the basic commands (cd, ls, cat/more/less)...
>> and then IMMEDIATELY introduce the pipe mechanism
>> before teaching anything else.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> Because once you have someone hooked on the flexibility
>> of using command pipelines, they'll never want to go back
>> to Windows ;-)
>>     
>
>      Pipes are nice, but Windows also has command line capability, including
> pipes, and including input /output redirect, for those who know where to look.
> I just verified this by executing "dir | more", "dir > 
> d:\dir_test.txt", and "type
> d:\dir_test.txt".
>
>     (Though I'm not sure about Vista as I've never touched it.)
>
>   
What is left of the DOS command line is sad.


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