On Jun 14, 2011 2:15 PM, "Josh Berry" <tae...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2011/6/13 Cédric Beust ♔ <ced...@beust.com>: > > You need to realize that very, very few Java programmers have done that. > > Most of them come from a C/C++ background and for a growing number of > > developers, Java is the very first language they learned. Most of these > > people don't know much else beyond it. > > I've actually found that the majority of Java developers have never > touched another language. Those that have, I agree have likely done > C/C++, but they have been the minority for a while now. Seems that > those that switched from anything to Java are willing to switch away, > as well. >
That's just depressing... While it may be impossible to mandate what's self taught, there really should be a good cross-section of paradigms covered in comp.sci courses for anyone who studies the subject formally. Scheme, Haskell, Prolog, Erlang, Smalltalk & C all have something important and unique to offer here. With those under your belt, you'd be well equipped to handle any other language currently in production use. > -- > 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. > -- 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.
