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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 10259a,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid10259a,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 103d24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid103d24,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 1164ba,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid1164ba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-12 07:19:11 PST Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!gxn.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news11-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3AFD45F1.6E381833@andrewcooke.free-online.co.uk> From: Andrew Cooke X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en-gb] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl Followup-To: alt.test Subject: Re: [OT] Software Engineering at 14 (was: Re: Beginner's Language?) References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d6b6e$1bt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87snihxiwc.fsf@frown.here> <9dbi83$sji$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87heyu7cqd.fsf@frown.here> <9dc20p$hh15e$1@ID-37382.news.dfncis.de> <9ddfv2$gl3$1@merrimack.Dartmouth.EDU> <9dh21o$i8crr$2@ID-37382.news.dfncis.de> <9dhtr9$59d$1@merrimack.Dartmouth.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 15:17:21 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.107.111.32 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news11-gui.server.ntli.net 989676849 213.107.111.32 (Sat, 12 May 2001 15:14:09 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 15:14:09 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7421 comp.lang.lisp:9909 comp.lang.smalltalk:9602 comp.lang.functional:5564 comp.lang.scheme:3737 comp.lang.perl:2670 Date: 2001-05-12T15:17:21+01:00 List-Id: That's an impressively small-minded post from Australia. Following this thread I had assumed - from the arrogant assumption that the poster's cultural intuition was sufficient to dismiss the education system in another country - that the posts were from the US. But no... Congratulations! Andrew raj wrote: > > >> > >I currently go to an Austrian school where mostly programming/CS/software > >> > >engineering-related things are taught (it's for 5 years, and you start > >> > >at an age of 14), > > >> > Ouch. This is probably a bad idea... > > > >> You mean the age? That's not a problem. > >> This school actually educates Austria's > >> software engineering elite. > > > >Specialized education at that age, to be honest, seems militaristic. > > That is probably "not a problem" either. > Remember, you are talking about the educational system of a country > that produced Joerg Haider , Kurt Waldheim and most (in)famously Adolf > Schicklgruber.