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Re: Re: Academic Formation

by hardburn (Abbot)
on Mar 08, 2004 at 21:45 UTC ( [id://334946]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Academic Formation
in thread Teaching Perl inside an Academic Course

IMHO, the only justification for Java for a teaching language is to make CS courses buzzword-compliant. Python and Ruby are much better for that task.

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Re: Re: Re: Academic Formation
by flyingmoose (Priest) on Mar 08, 2004 at 21:52 UTC
    I agree with you 100% here -- probably more so with Ruby than Python (due to the self and __ and ___ aspects).

    Java is widely used, unfortunately, due to industry dominance and the insistance of students that they learn Java. IMHO, Students should be learning computer science, not languages. Might as well use languages that are more conducive to thought and less to business programming. Java should be left to a short-course.

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