Where I went to school (UMass Amherst), they primarily use Java and C/C++. The reason has been cited that the skills learned in programming with these languages are scalable to many other languages, including PHP, and thus form a solid foundation from which other programming skills can evolve. It's a pretty academic department, which is a good thing from the computer "scientist" point of view -- to teach the theory rather than the process (so that you can take that theory with you as computer science evolves).
I sure wish that I had studied CS when I was in school! Hindsight is 20/20, they say. I'm just starting out with programming, and I think PHP is a great introduction. Erik On Thursday, January 17, 2002, at 07:15 PM, Robert Covell wrote: > They are trying to prepare you for what "they believe" businesses want. > What will give you the best opportunity to get a job once out of > college. > When I was in college our teachers sat down with the businesses that > came to > campus for recruiting and asked "What should we be teaching to suit your > needs". The courses taught reflected their needs. The perception in > the > business world is on things such as (but not limited to): C, C++, COBOL, > Graphics, and M$ products. > > I think your doing it the right way, on your own. This is how I > learned PHP > and use it for a majority of our web development. > > Sincerely, > > Robert T. Covell > President / Owner > Rolet Internet Services, LLC > Web: www.rolet.com > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 816.471.1095 > Fax: 816.471.3447 > 24x7: 816.210.7145 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Francesco Gallarotti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 5:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Computer Science and PHP > > > I am a student in a college in NY state. Here we have several servers > and > dozens of courses on computer science. No server is PHP ready and no > course > instructor knows anything about PHP. Why do you think this is > happening? I > really like PHP and I am using it in my personal website to work with > some > text files and a small database. Why PHP is so not popular in the > computer > science teaching area? > > F.G. > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
