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, MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,10126f8b3aac9d43 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Robert Dewar Subject: Re: Types Question Date: 1999/10/18 Message-ID: <7ue0oc$o7s$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 537271530 References: <37FB51DE.A1E6D628@hti.com> <87so3kipl0.fsf@antinea.enst.fr> <1999Oct9.175929.1@eisner> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x23.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. X-Article-Creation-Date: Mon Oct 18 02:30:36 1999 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <1999Oct9.175929.1@eisner>, Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote: In normal American slang, xyz 101 refers to an elementary course in subject "xyz". For example one might say something like "Joe is an idiot, he would probably fail Basket Weaving 101". So it is not a reference to a particular course, just a general way of talking about an elementary course. The internet language these days is basically American English, and yes, articles are full of american slang of this type, and yes, it can be confusing if you are not a native speaker (some of the slang can even be confusing to someone who speaks British English rather than American :-) But it is a good idea to try to avoid such phrases if possible. By the way, if you see a reference to CS1, that's QUITE different, that's a reference to the ACM CS model curriculum, and is well understood by educators in CS (one would assume that even in other countries, educators would make an attempt to be aware of up to date thinking on CS education in all countries, not just their own :-) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.