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A comment on Stop Making Students Use Eclipse (2020). Parent comment

Re:Stop Making Students Use Eclipse (2020) by einpoklum on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:24AM (#29138848)
> > In fact my experience is that some colleges have the exact opposite problem: they teach students old tools and techniques > > That's lame

It's not lame, it's fine. It is just fine, and usually better, to teach basic concepts using a simple tool - even if it is not fashionable or up-to-date.

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Re:Stop Making Students Use Eclipse (2020) by kelnos on Sunday November 07, 2021 @12:51PM (#29141698)
I think the parent's point was that some people teach using old tools that no one uses anymore, while teaching with the current-generation tools would be just as easy to teach, but would be much more useful.

Agree that teaching old techniques can be useful in the cases where the current techniques build on what came before.

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