Hmm, check this out:
For background on this subject this is where they mention prereqs for the
C++ program (near "Foundations..":
http://www.extension.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/cpp/cpp_hta.asp
Now if you look at their main cert page below...they also offer a Perl cert
course,
This is their main U.W. ext. Cert. Page, scroll down to programming:
http://www.extension.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog.asp
Now if you go into their Perl course section
(http://www.extension.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/per/per_crs.asp) you
see a list of all they teach in the program. I think I will just need to
refer them to this section to show them a quick overview of a small part of
what Perl is about. And then ask them to sign up.
Jon
At 01:27 PM 8/17/01 -0400, Kevin Meltzer wrote:
>It amazes me when people in acadamia can be so non-academic. If I were
>you, I would ask what working definition (since it isn't the standard
>definition) of "high level" they are using, and low level as well. Being
>that a high level language is one which is passed through an interpreter
>or compiler, as Perl is, I would argue that they simply don't know what
>they are talking about. I feel sorry for you, but I would argue with
>them.
>
>I am curious to what they mean by 'more advanced data structures'.
>Lists, hashes, globs, refs, etc... what other 'advanced data structures'
>could they want? Files and records? Yeesh.. "Vannah, can I buy a clue
>please?"
>
>Cheers,
>Kevin
>
>On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:46:49AM -0700, Jon Acierto
>([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed forth:
> > Hello Guys It's me again,
> > After getting all the feedback from this maillist on my "High Level"
> > question AND going to an online dictionary and finding out that Perl Does
> > fit the definition of a high level language, I get this from the
> Admissions
> > Councellor at the U.W. ext.:
> >
> > Jon, thank you for your inquiry.
> > I sent your description of your programming background to the C++
> > application reviewer and received this input:
> > "i have to agree with will's assessment. perl is not a high level
> > language. it amounts to a scripting language. simply having 2 years of
> > working with perl says nothing about whether he has worked on more complex
> > problems or has developed the programming skills necessary to understand
> > and solve such problems from ground up. in addition, does he have - in any
> > language - the understanding of more advanced data structures...with 2
> > years of serious cobol for example should bring familiarity with files,
> > records, and other such data types."
> > Jon, if you have the prerequisite background as described above, then you
> > will need to document and support it in your C++ application. Otherwise,
> > you will need to decide how you want to expand your programming
> experience.
> > In the UWEO program offerings, the C program would help you do this.
> >
> >
> > Can someone please help me explain to these people that writing Perl for 2
> > years says about as much of my ability to program and understand "advanced
> > data structures" and having worked on "more complex problems" as spending
> > those 2 years with C. Am I wrong? I know that if I describe to them the
> > OOP in Perl that I've done as well as all the work I've done with files
> and
> > records with data extraction (binary and ascii) that they would
> > understand. But is it just me or do these people not know anything
> about Perl?
> >
> >
> > Jonathan Acierto
> > Perl Programmer
> > Ocentrix Inc.
> > 206.691.7603
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > A famous linguist once said:
> > "There is no language wherein a double
> > positive can form a negative."
> > YEAH, RIGHT
> >
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