On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Gino LV. Ledesma wrote: > several focused on teaching Java, .NET, C/C++, and the like, but without focus > on what's more important: problem solving, data structures and algorithms, > compiler design and implementation, etc. These "latter subjects" are a turn off, > when in fact they should be the ones that appeal to people to take Computer > Science to understand "products" like Java and .NET.
That is so true. The result is that we produce a bunch of users rather than a bunch of developers or inventors. No new ideas are being develop locally. > So balance is still important. A school might opt to go the "real CS" way, but > should also have a venue for their students to channel what they've learned. Don't mix CS with CA. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
