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From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/05/01
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In article <5k88f8$387@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> kaz@vision.crest.nt.com (Kaz Kylheku) writes:

  > Ah. The thing is, I thought that all good computer science
  > programs included software engineering as part of the curriculum,
  > and I always saw them as inseparable. I realize that this is not
  > the case in every institution.

   Unfortunately true.  Some programs, MIT and UCLA have been
mentioned here, concentrate on computer science theory, some Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, for example, are very software engineering
oriented, and most are in between.

   But in reality it is the responsibility of the students to get the
knowledge that they need.  Even at heavy theory schools you can get
practical experience, and (elective) courses to cover the holes.  It
is possible to get through the CS program at MIT without learning C,
C++, Fortran, COBOL, Ada, Pascal, or even BASIC.  But who would want
to?

   (Flame retardant: I don't think you can get through without a
course in Programming Languages.  But when teaching the course, and I
have--but not at MIT, the tendency is to cover less popular languages
which are interesting for other reasons.  I covered Algol 60, PL/I,
APL, and Common Lisp.)
--

					Robert I. Eachus

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