I’m currently a college student studying software engineering, so by no means am I a professional (yet at least, lol). Nevertheless, I’ll try to give what input I can.

Afaik and based on my own experiences, windows does not come with a pre-installed C compiler. (Win 11 Home at least) Also, I just honestly wouldn’t recommend C anyways especially if it’s for a non-technical crowd. It’s great once you get the hang of it, don’t get me wrong, but it’s definitely not beginner friendly.

As for a “best choice” it’s of course up to preference, what you’re already familiar with, and what kind of programs you and your class plan on writing. If you want to use a language that can directly translate into a working environment, Python is a very beginner friendly option. If you want something slightly less forgiving, I think Java provides a good balance between having a lot of useful built in functions/methods and having some of the more “strict” (for lack of a better term) rules about syntax (semicolons, brackets, static variables) that you’ll find in other languages. If you’re just looking to teach programming concepts on a surface/conceptual level then honestly something like code.org or scratch is a great option (and it’s where I got my start growing up lol)

As for setting up an environment, again, everyone has their own idea of the absolute best setup, and it’s also probably going to differ at least somewhat depending on what operating system you’re using. For my personal use I’ve mostly been using VSCode just because it’s pretty easy to set up. Definitely worth mentioning though that VSCode comes with plenty of Microsoft Telemetry built in by default so if you want an alternative without that I recommend Code OSS (vscode built directly from source) or VSCodium (vscode but with MS Telemetry disabled and a different default extension marketplace)

The intro to computer science class I took (and am currently an aid for) at university (we used C) did all of their demonstrations using CS50.dev, which is an online environment maintained by Harvard. For the Object Oriented Programming course I took (Java) we used Eclipse.

Again, I’m still a student, so take everything here with a grain of salt. And if anyone sees anything they think deserves clarification/correction please let me know. I’m still learning lol.

I’ve been looking at this photo for like 10 years and even though I know for a fact that it’s blue and black I only ever see white and gold

That’s not what Back to the Future taught me

No

I had no idea Dennis Prager was paralyzed and living in constant pain. You just made my day.

Well shit I didn’t know he died

Wyoming

The mummy is the only movie I can think of to ever give me a nightmare. And it was that damn scarab scene.

Are these the ones that throw their kids at predators

I have a feeling it has to do with a lot of the things that you and I would consider societal progress.

Enjoy the fact that capitalism won’t exist for another couple hundred millenia

I suppose next would be die because of the infant mortality rate

I was gonna say no way that’s a real thing they can pronounce

I’ve used Boost since it came out but I also haven’t really taken the time to try anything else

Brb I gotta gouge my eyes out

Still waiting for valve to do an all in one headset

Yeah i’d believe that. The more i read about the shuttle program the more it seems we were sending people to space in giant metal sarcophagi seemingly held together in duct tape.

Not that reusable spacecraft wasn’t a marvel of engineering, but it quickly becomes apparent that NASA was missing out on the funding they had back during the Race.

Shrimp photoreceptor situation is crazy

I had a physics exam a couple weeks ago. 4 questions. I got full points on only one of them.

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