> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:53 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the > Software Engineers of Tomorrow? > > > In > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on > 01/11/2008 > at 01:22 PM, Jon Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >Anyway, I'm not so sure I hold to the "it's just another language" > >mindset as much as I used to. It seems to me that there are > important > >differences between the way you conceive of and design a program in > >assembler/COBOL/C versus, say, Ruby or Java. > > My position is that the CS department should be teaching multiple > languages in the first semester, carefully chosen to offer > variety in the > semantics and syntax. The intent should be to teach the Perl mantra > TMTOWTDI. > > --
Yeah, I like that idea. I think that APL2 should be a __requirement__! Why? So long as SQL is a major method for data manipulation, APL is a great way to think in "result sets". A good APL programmer thinks in terms of manipulating entire arrays. Most other languages do not, but manipulate each element separately. I love APL. I am also somewhat brain damaged from using it <grin>. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
