Re: Universities in the US

[Gary Scott <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com>]

Ted Dennison wrote:
> 
> In article <9drfcr$du11@news-dxb>, Faisal Halim says...
> >So I would like to know which Unis in New York teach CS in a way that is
> >more beneficial for the students, teach languages in the context of the job
> >required, and at the same time are affordable.
> 
> Well, two of the principles behind the GNU Ada compiler are professors at NYU. I
> don't know what they teach their CS1 students, but I suspect there are courses
> there that use Ada.
> 
> Despite all the heat here about the "best" language, the really important thing
> is that you get exposed to *multiple* languages during your time as a student.

> Languages come and go. 

Except for Fortran, which will live indefinitely, apparently.

> You need to learn how to *learn* a new language. A good
> CS program will do that for you, so the most important thing for a prospective
> student is to just find a good CS program.
> 
> There is *much* more to being a good software engineer than just knowing the
> proper programming language(s). A good CS program should give you the
> oppertunity to learn that other stuff as well.
> 
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