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From: tlh@cs.purdue.EDU (Thomas L. Hausmann)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: What is CS? (Was re First languages)
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Date: 3 Apr 88 21:12:30 GMT
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In article <568@abcom.ATT.COM>, rgsmeb@abcom.ATT.COM (Michel Behna) writes:
> From article <3684@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>, by tlh@cs.purdue.EDU (Thomas L. Hausmann):
> > In article <364@abcom.ATT.COM>, rgsmeb@abcom.ATT.COM (Michel Behna) writes:
> > ...  But whether a university should take the time to
> > train the students to be better programmers is unclear (and I am against it.)
> 
> I think that universities should! I've seen too many so-called _computer
> scientists_ that have come out of college and that end up as programmers. The
> worst part of it is that they do not know how to program. ...
> 


OK, we now have policy statements from concerned parties.  Perhaps Michel and
I can discuss things further via e-mail.


Hope you all had a nice Easter weekend.

-Tom

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Tom Hausmann       Dept. of Computer Sciences     Purdue University
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