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From: mmh@ivax.doc.ic.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Re: First Languages (yet again)
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Date: 11 Feb 88 17:58:44 GMT
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In article <975@its63b.ed.ac.uk> csrdi@itspna (R.Innis) writes:
>anything within your own limits. Sadly, too many universities (this one
>included) take the view that they are here to turn out people with vocational
>qualifications rather than an ability to perceive and learn. Putting it
>another way, universities are places for getting a degree, not an education.
>(I'll leave this track before I start getting political, as I know who I blame

Surely the best thing is that prospective students should have a choice of
courses some offering a route to programming via conventional languages,
others via experimental/sounder languages. It should be made clear to the
students what is on offer and the arguments both ways. The level of demand
would dictate the balance between the two.