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- From: dzouak@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Driss Zouak)
- Subject: Re: first-year programming languages
- Message-ID: <BxsFop.Jvw@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Summary: A student's view
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Nov13.171915.26423@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> <aelman.721693402@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> <dnebing-141192140340@m64-143.bgsu.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:46:00 GMT
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- I'm presently an engineering student, but next semester will be in
- math computer science. I have done programming for a long time as a hobby
- and have taken several courses at CEGEP (Quebec's grade 12 and 13 substitute)
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- I am actually looking forward to taking courses in assembler and the like.
- I have already taken one in Fortran 77 (among others). I feel that, at least
- for me, it gave me a better understanding as well as made me have to be
- a more flexible programmer.
-
- From my personal point of view, I feel that David Nebinger's point on
- it making or breaker the students has a good point. You need to be able
- to find those that are computer scientists, not just programmers. For me
- there is a large difference between those two terms.
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- I hope that I've added some constructive input.
-
- Driss Zouak
- dzouak@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
- or
- dzouak@1308.uwaterloo.ca
-