Re: ObjC/Cocoa in university curricula?
Re: ObjC/Cocoa in university curricula?
- Subject: Re: ObjC/Cocoa in university curricula?
- From: Mel Walker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 17:12:43 -0600
On Saturday, August 17, 2002, at 04:40 PM, email@hidden.
com wrote:
I wish they did Obj C/Cocoa at my school...but instead, Microsoft has
already gotten hold of my school (Cornell) :-(. I am not certain of the
details, but I believe that there are plans to have a MANDATORY C# course
for all CS majors. IMO, this is ridiculous.
Well, when I went to school back in the dark ages (grad '90), we had a
mandatory course in Pascal for freshmen, and a mandatory course in
assembly (taught on Apple IIs back then). We learned C quickly in our
first OS course. We also had a mandatory course where we learned a new
language about every couples weeks (APL, Lisp, etc.).
When all was said and done, I didn't end up using much Pascal in my life.
I can see having a mandatory basic programming course for incoming
freshmen, and I suppose it doesn't matter *too* much in what language it's
taught. If the CS graduate can't pick up a language pretty quick, he/she
should give back their diploma, IMHO.
If a mandatory C# course covered a lot of external libraries and such, I'd
agree that that would step over the line. It ought to teach programming
concepts, not "how to write code for .NET".
On the other hand, if I were a college dean and MS just gave my school a
*huge* amount of money, I'd be more than happy to add a C# course. That's
just the way the world works. :-(
--
Mel Walker <email@hidden>
Software Engineer
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