Re: Learning Ada

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From: Scott Moody
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1989 20:20

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I think that the beginning college student today has already
had more exposure to programming than any of us. Should
we keep them in the past with giving them simple languages to learn
or make it harder (in our eyes) on them and provide them with
the next generation of languages (eg Ada, etc).

Let those students that haven't had exposure take the remedial 
CS courses, which should be more advanced than the remedial 
courses of today. Keep advancing the entry level of the beginning courses.

Keeping the entry level at the same basic level may not be
in the best interest of the more intelligent generation of students
and makes advancements in CS technology slower.

--scott

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From: scott@shuksan.UUCP (Scott Moody)
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Subject: Re: Learning Ada
Summary: smarter generation of students
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Date: 14 Aug 89 20:20:31 GMT
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