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 12:26:03 PST Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out-sjo.usenetserver.com!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.mathworks.com!newsfeed.nyu.edu!typhoon.nyu.edu!not-for-mail Sender: marcoxa@octagon.mrl.nyu.edu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: [OT] Software Engineering at 14 (was: Re: Beginner's Language?) 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> From: Marco Antoniotti Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Date: 12 May 2001 15:23:02 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.122.47.83 X-Trace: typhoon.nyu.edu 989695485 128.122.47.83 (Sat, 12 May 2001 15:24:45 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 15:24:45 EDT Organization: New York University Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7429 comp.lang.lisp:9919 comp.lang.smalltalk:9614 comp.lang.functional:5571 comp.lang.scheme:3747 comp.lang.perl:2679 Date: 2001-05-12T15:23:02-04:00 List-Id: raj writes: > >> > >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. Very well. This has gone on long enough and I now see the signs of "thread decay" getting in. Please stop all cross postings. regards -- Marco Antoniotti ======================================================== NYU Courant Bioinformatics Group tel. +1 - 212 - 998 3488 719 Broadway 12th Floor fax +1 - 212 - 995 4122 New York, NY 10003, USA http://bioinformatics.cat.nyu.edu "Hello New York! We'll do what we can!" Bill Murray in `Ghostbusters'.