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From: twl@brunix (Theodore W. Leung)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Which language to teach first?
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Date: 11 Aug 89 15:36:43 GMT
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Don Gilles writes:
> MIT didn't have this good sense.  They tried to teach a compiler
> course without requiring the students to know the implementation
> language.  It's hard to learn 2 new languages and also compiler
> technology in one semester!

In all fairness, the curriculum at MIT has changed a bit since you
were there.  The required laboratory in software engineering (6.170)
presents the language (CLU) needed for the compiler construction
class.   Also, documentation and good design are stressed in the
software engineering lab.
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