I fell over this too. There's a nasty implicit logic error there: "most popular language based on paradigm X is seemingly bad at Y and Z, so let's conclude that paradigm X is 'clearly' anti-Y and anti-Z". That, and it sounds a little too arrogant. I'm aware this might sound a little hypocritical coming from me, but I'm not responsible for designing the CS curriculum at a university of some renown, so there's that.
On Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:22:25 AM UTC+1, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > Regardless of how everybody feels about this topic, the explanation itself > bothers me: > > "Object-oriented programming is eliminated entirely from the introductory > curriculum, because it is both anti-modular and anti-parallel by its very > nature, and hence unsuitable for a modern CS curriculum." > > It looks like whoever made that decision has a pretty big chip on their > shoulder and it's pretty clear from that sentence alone that students going > to his/her class will get a pretty incomplete and biased picture. > > Exactly the opposite of what a renowned university such as CMU is expected > to provide. > > -- > Cédric > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
