Damien Conway interview: Perl 6, Java, his PhD

Re:Damien Conway interview: Perl 6, Java, his PhD by astrec on Saturday August 23, 2008 @04:53AM (#284538)

Ah memories! I consider myself very fortunate to have been one of Damian's students. The container box store mnemonic took me way back.

He's not overstating the diversity thing either. In those days the CS program was C, Lisp, Prolog, C++, sh, MIPS assembler, operating system design, AI, digital logic, algorithms, formal methods, and discrete mathematics.

These days, the kids I hire from the same school mostly cruised through IS style degree with only Java/C# under their belts.

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Re:Damien Conway interview: Perl 6, Java, his PhD by bootload on Saturday August 23, 2008 @08:58AM (#284607)

"... Ah memories! I consider myself very fortunate to have been one of Damian's students. ..."

Ahh those whacky CS students from Monash. I went to RMIT & Swinny and missed "The Damian". What kind of lectures did he run? I've heard some of his talks & they are pretty good ~ http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail880.html If your lucky you can still hear him talk for nics at Melbourne Perl Mongers.

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Re:Damien Conway interview: Perl 6, Java, his PhD by astrec on Saturday August 23, 2008 @09:09AM (#284611)

He taught the first year intro to programming (C) with Ann Nicholson (AI researcher), and supervised a few post graduates. Ann also taught the Lisp course.

Damian was a fantastic lecturer with a rare ability to enthuse and engage his students while he delivered otherwise dry material. A true master of the story.

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