Why python???

Roy Smith roy at panix.com
Sun Sep 7 09:02:07 EDT 2003


David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> wrote:
> I don't remember any discussion of student fears about relevance the 
> last few times the issue of which language to use came up at faculty 
> meetings.  Employability of our graduates, yes, but student bitching, no.

I think a university program needs to address both employability and 
theory.  It's inconcievable to me that somebody could get a degree in 
computer science these days without knowing C++ and Java.  It's equally 
inconcievable to me that they wouldn't also know several other languages.




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