--- francis pereira wrote:

> there is a course called BSc.IT which has has a
> subject - operating
> systems and shell programming in the second year .

Operating Systems is in the fourth Semester of second
year and Systems Programming (which should have been
Learning UNIX) is in the third semester. Shell
programming and a huge list of UNIX commands are
taught in Systems Programming. 

> 90%  of the kids
> going through that have no idea of how to do
> anything except directory
> traversal and add 2 numbers with a shell program . 

I guess, if they know to use commands to traverse
directories and add two numbers with a shell program,
they can always improve their skills. 

> Fortunately I am
> not one of the 90% . That's my take in the IT
> curriculum . The weird
> part is these people end up topping the class by
> mugging up . . I am
> sure their Employers will be pretty pleased with
> them  :P

Agreed. 

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