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In article <3b45a8fb$1@pull.gecm.com>, "Martin Dowie"
<martin.dowie@nospam.baesystems.com> wrote:


> Java   down ~25%

Sadly, the CS department here is just starting a push to standardize the
curriculum on Java, apparently on the dubious logic that "it's the
industry standard".  Even if that were true now, it's hardly likely to
be true when the current crop of freshmen graduate.

I just can't understand the /langue de jour/ mentality.  And besides...
I meet more Perl programmers than Java programmers.  I hope the CS
department doesn't decide to switch to Perl as the primary language of
instruction!

Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas