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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103d24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid103d24,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10259a,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid10259a,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 1164ba,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid1164ba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-12 19:50:06 PST Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out-sjo.usenetserver.com!e420r-sjo4.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jorn W Janneck" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d6b6e$1bt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87snihxiwc.fsf@frown.here> <9dbi83$sji$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87heyu7cqd.fsf@frown.here> <9dc20p$hh15e$1@ID-37382.news.dfncis.de> <9ddfv2$gl3$1@merrimack.Dartmouth.EDU> <9dh21o$i8crr$2@ID-37382.news.dfncis.de> <9dhtr9$59d$1@merrimack.Dartmouth.EDU> Subject: Re: [OT] Software Engineering at 14 (was: Re: Beginner's Language?) Organization: UC Berkeley X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 02:48:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.3.201.50 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 989722132 65.3.201.50 (Sat, 12 May 2001 19:48:52 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 19:48:52 PDT Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7437 comp.lang.lisp:9929 comp.lang.smalltalk:9624 comp.lang.functional:5579 comp.lang.scheme:3754 comp.lang.perl:2693 Date: 2001-05-13T02:48:52+00:00 List-Id: "raj" wrote in message news:uh9qftsg7nohpaso8q4p12a8a6kit3v3g7@4ax.com... > >> > >I currently go to an Austrian school where mostly programming/CS/software > >> > >engineering-related things are taught (it's for 5 years, and you start > >> > >at an age of 14), > > >> > Ouch. This is probably a bad idea... > > > >> You mean the age? That's not a problem. > >> This school actually educates Austria's > >> software engineering elite. > > > >Specialized education at that age, to be honest, seems militaristic. > > That is probably "not a problem" either. > Remember, you are talking about the educational system of a country > that produced Joerg Haider , Kurt Waldheim and most (in)famously Adolf > Schicklgruber. what good does it do to remember this, precisely? it seems that this tells me as much about the austrian educational system as, say, an account of the australian history with, for instance, a special focus on the fate of the indigenous population after the arrival of the british tells me about what goes on in the schools down under. i.e., nothing. so, care to elaborate? best regards, -- j