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From: frank@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Frank Manning)
Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn
 C or Pascal?]
Date: 1996/08/31
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Date: 1996-08-31T00:00:00+00:00
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I wrote:

> Engineering professors, especially older ones, tend to be rather hostile
> toward or intimidated by computers [...]

In retrospect, I think my statement is overgeneralizing. Many
engineering professors are of course experts when it comes to
computers.

-- Frank Manning
-- Chair, AIAA-Tucson Section