On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:55:32 -0700 (MST), "Ross Werner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Huh, I always thought that they used Java and C++ simply because it was > what most of the professors knew. I never had a class that used either of > those languages that taught *anything* at all about the language in > question (with the exception of CS 142 which did teach Java). > > Although I guess that begs (oops, raises) the question: why does it > matter > what programming language most of the professors know?
In a lot of cases, it doesn't. In most of my later classes we could use any language we wanted. In others, e.g., networking, it made sense to require C. For beginning classes, it matters because the professor (more, the TAs) expect you to need help. -Jonathan -- C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. --Scott McKay /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
