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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,33e793a459e66944 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: rkester@csc.com (Rush Kester) Subject: Re: Choosing C++ instead of Ada Date: 1996/10/28 Message-ID: <552tcg$opv@explorer.csc.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 193004789 references: organization: Computer Sciences Corporation newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: David Emery (demer@hc17031.hcsd.ca) wrote: : Popularity is hardly a good criterion for teaching -anything-. The CS1 : language (or its equivalent) should be chosen for its educational advantage, : and not because some kid somewhere read that it was helpful for getting : a job this week. Besides, it looks like Java is replacing C++ in the : "popularity charts"; students who spend a lot of time learning C++ without : learning the underlying programming are likely to be unpleasantly surprised : when there are no C++ jobs available when they graduate in 4 years... : Incidentally, my friends in academia say that there's a big rush towards : Java for teaching, as being both "politically correct" and substantially : better than C++ for teaching. I'd much rather have a Java-trained programmer : than a C++ programmer; it's my observation that the primary skill you learn : as a C++ programmer is working with a debugger :-) : dave But what about the decision awhile back by the Educational Testing Service to convert the Computer Science Advance Placement exam from Pascal to C++? Do you mean that those High Schools that are revamping their classes toward the new AP in C++ are going to "reach a dead-end," or find another "turn in the road?" Rush Kester Sr. Software Engineer -- Rush Kester W (301) 640-3632 (in person M-F: 9am-5pm EDST, voicemail any time) Fax -4750 or -4940