[mdlug] how would you teach a class?

[Aaron Kulkis]

Garry Stahl wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

What's really sad is that they continue to hang on to
the semantics and other artifacts of that horrid
abortion of a commmand line interface (drive letters, etc.)