From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, RATWARE_MS_HASH,RATWARE_OUTLOOK_NONAME autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Tim Behrendsen" Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/08/11 Message-ID: <01bb87d3$f5d2c220$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 173579151 references: <01bb8565$3ea962e0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4ue5l3$frr@news1.mnsinc.com> <01bb8606$5c5f5d20$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4uioj0$ptn@news1.mnsinc.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 organization: A-SIS mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Szu-Wen Huang wrote in article <4uioj0$ptn@news1.mnsinc.com>... > Tim Behrendsen (tim@airshields.com) wrote: > [snip] > > : > Because some students graduate without understanding algorithm > : > complexity, not because they graduate without learning assembly > : > language. > > : I agree with the first, but the reason they are not "getting" > : algorithm complexity is because we're shrouding it in all > : this abstract mystery. > > That's your assertion. An equally valid one is as I explained, > that the least experienced instructors get assigned to beginners. So, given this theory, what do EE students seem so much better prepared than CS students? I just don't see the same level of mediocrity being complained about from the EE community. I think it's because EE students are taught exactly the way that I've been describing, and in fact, most subjects are taught the way I've describing. -- Tim Behrendsen (tim@airshields.com)