Re:"Sequential programming is dead. So stop teaching it"
by bdotdub on Thursday November 13, 2008 @01:38PM
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I'm not sure how you can talk about concurrency without talking about locks ... which I think is very ambitious for new programmers.
I agree. I don't think it should start from CS1, but you can start with the Dining Philosophers problem in CS1 to introduce the ideas of locks and starvation.
I agree. I don't think it should start from CS1, but you can start with the Dining Philosophers problem in CS1 to introduce the ideas of locks and starvation.