"It is a good idea to study the programming language that you use on a
daily basis and to learn as much as possible about it. We strongly believe,
however, that it is a bad idea to teach the details of any programming language in a course. Nobody can predict which programming language you will use.
Therefore, time in a course is better spent on studying the general principles of program design rather than the arcane principles of any given programming language."
Honest question: Is that really what you thought? It seems obvious to me that I was implying a defense that the phrase I quoted also appears on the page, directly next to the phrase ekiru quoted, which makes the mixup a little more understandable, because it means I didn't see something that simply didn't exist. Did you get that and post your reply anyway, or did I just express myself poorly?