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Article #2Re: Producing competent CS grads (was: Theory and Practice)
From: Lou Steinberg
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 14:17
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 14:17
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In article <qqn3du1lv9.fsf@tartarus.ucsd.edu> djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) writes: As a student you learn: comparative study of programming languages In the real world they want: 5+ years with C++ only Correction: "THIS YEAR in the real world they want ..." Five (or less!) years from now they'll want something different. The folks who graduated some years ago when RPG was the thing they wanted in the "real world" now find themselves learning about "client server" systems. One point of a BS or BA in Conputer science is to give the students enough background, both in basic principles that don't change and in learning how to learn new things that do change, so that 5 years after graduation (and 10 years and 15 years ...) they will be better able to adapt as the "real world" changes. (What? Remember something for 5 years after they graduate?!? :-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!athos.rutgers.edu!lou From: lou@cs.rutgers.edu (Lou Steinberg) Newsgroups: comp.software.testing,comp.object,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.c++,comp.edu Subject: Re: Producing competent CS grads (was: Theory and Practice) Date: 1 Aug 1995 10:17:43 -0400 Organization: Computer Science Dept., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Sender: lou@athos.rutgers.edu Message-ID: <LOU.95Aug1101742@athos.rutgers.edu> References: <3v5kev$mve@explorer.csc.com> <3v658u$7qq@sun132.spd.dsccc.com> <3v80d0$n0k@locutus.rchland.ibm.com> <3v8dcn$9lg@sun132.spd.dsccc.com> <NEWTNews.806978130.10680.sellers@sellers.sellers.com> <qqn3du1lv9.fsf@tartarus.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: athos.rutgers.edu In-reply-to: djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu's message of 31 Jul 1995 17:57:46 -0700