
On 2/26/06, Brad Miller <bmiller@luther.edu> wrote:
Data structures and algorithms may not be exciting (for Kay), but they are as fundamental to computing as cells are to biology.
I think the goal is to get into these quickly and painlessly (Python helps!) but not make 'em the "be all end all" i.e. these are tools, means to an end, but the object is to get work done on some project of immediate import and interest. That's unlikely to be either data structures or algorithms UNLESS you're a CS major or other kind of math nerd. Nothing wrong with that, but we're not prejudiced. We're *happy* to equip students with a lot of CS savvy and send them on their merry way: to be graphic designers, to be cartoonists, to be vampire slayers or what have you. Kirby