At our first programming course at uni (it was in C), a student asks in class:
Student: what is a pointer?
Teacher: i don't know, i only know Java.

How the hell did the poor guy end up teaching C then?!

I am so going to teach c++

Have they stopped teaching Haskell as the first language at Chalmers? Starting with a low level language like C seems like a bad idea.

@Grumpy i studied Computer Engineering or whatever the translation is. We started with the basics in C and then went on with assembler. I think most people new to programming had a tough start with c, so i agree with you. I passed solely on my earlier experience... i hope they changed it now since it made many people scared of coding i think.

I swaer to god I'm in the same situation. My c teacher is from Java and is struggling a bit (Not nearly as bad) through c. It's cool though, because I learn best on my own, and my teacher has respect for me now because I help her figure stuff out.

@matsaki95 Well, she can either google stuff or have me google stuff and I guess shes smart enough to have me reach the solution for myself and as a bonus not need to open google. All around, yes, i am very fortunate.

At my school the lower classes are doing C as well and I see how bad it turns out every year (I'm happy I programmed in C before), but even Java programmers should know what pointers are and how they work. In the end, they're using them more than any C/C++ coder