It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical.

Perlis—1922–1990: a founding father of computer science as a separate discipline". p. Perlis was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1977.

Alan Jay Perlis (April 1 1922 – February 7 1990) was an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in programming languages and the first recipient of the Turing Award.