But aren't there some downsides to this approach? Studying examples in books or the Internet or even real-world applciations will be much more difficult and the same can be said for using CPAN modules. And if they wanted to use Perl in the future on a project with others or even just wanted to ask for help they will be at a disadvantage.

I guess the question is if sacrificing the future to teach them fundamentals now really worth it? What will these students be doing once the class is over? Are they mostly Computer Science students? Or is this class one of those one-offs they are forced to take? It seems like the one-offs would beneift from a Spanish version while anyone who will be doing more programming in the future would benefit from learning the real thing.

In reply to Re: Writting Perl reserved words in Spanish or other foreign languages by Argel
in thread Writting Perl reserved words in Spanish or other foreign languages by bquistorff

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