Re:Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowle...
by raincole on Monday March 20, 2023 @03:39AM
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SQL is a trade school course? Do you think
1) We should teach relational database purely from relational algebra without an practical example.
or
2) Relational database is a trade school course too.
If 1), maybe it makes sense for in academic sense, but I personally would rather to work with an intern who doesn't know database at all than someone who knows a bit of relational algebra but not SQL.
If 2), how about operation systems? Compiler? Networking? Are these all just implementation details and not belong to a CS cirriculum?
1) We should teach relational database purely from relational algebra without an practical example.
or
2) Relational database is a trade school course too.
If 1), maybe it makes sense for in academic sense, but I personally would rather to work with an intern who doesn't know database at all than someone who knows a bit of relational algebra but not SQL.
If 2), how about operation systems? Compiler? Networking? Are these all just implementation details and not belong to a CS cirriculum?