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Re:Stanford dumps java as intro language by dx034 on Thursday July 20, 2017 @03:57AM (#14810745)
You assume that the course is for CS majors. For students who'll only have 1-2 CS courses in their life, teaching some practical skills could be the better choice.
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Re:Stanford dumps java as intro language by chii on Thursday July 20, 2017 @05:03AM (#14810971)
If that's the case, there's a good argument to be made about teaching automation of common tasks using bash or Perl, rather than JavaScript.
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