Paolo Alexis Falcone said: > This is perhaps the reason why we aren't taught extensively in using a > particular OS's API (there are too many of them, and usually each > class of OS has its own API, be it POSIX, Win32, etc...) but rather we > stick on the > underlying concepts, as much as CS students aren't usually taught to > use only one or two programming languages (though usually we start by > learning the intricacies of a particular PL to start - in UP's case [snipped]
well if schools taught these very specific technical details to its students, you can expect that in a few years, what they've taught is already obsolete. but then, the subject "operating systems" is something that i sorely missed because i took up engineering instead of computer science :) -dre _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
