Oh yes, and I forgot to mention that we use TurboC (TurboC++ actually, but they save it under a .C extension and hope a C compiler kicks in) - DOS based but runnin on WinXP :) They do have Visual C++ 6 though - I wonder which semester will see me touching that.
ICSE Schools do have a better syllabus - the only other guy who can actually code is from one. He had Java, and his staff was apparently good - so he picked up C in no time. The rest of the students' only interest is in getting short programs which are *easier to memorize*. Sigh. We're hoping to start a Python Course (free) next semester though :) On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Amit Saha <lists.amits...@gmail.com>wrote: > Yuvi Panda wrote: > >> Anna University starts with C, then jumps to Bash (?!!?!) and then jumps >> back to C and C++. I've no idea where it is going (I'm in my third sem, >> and >> we're with a new curriculum), but I've seen glimpses of Flash(?!). 99% of >> my >> friends gave up on programming a month into the course - C isn't exactly >> the >> best first language, and Bash is just... curious. >> > > That is a 'colorful' cornucopia of choices to make the future Software > engineers! > > The college, I studied in (under West Bengal Univ. of Tech), begins with C > in the 2nd semester, and for a lot of people, that is the first language- > and C programming is taught with Turbo C on MS-DOS. Going ahead, some C++, > Java, JSP, BASH scripting is taught. And what do the average student (by > avg. I would fine, the student who has no "deep" interest in programming, > but just wants to get the job done- which could mean, get marks!) finally > end up with? Programming Languages: C, Data Structures. > > Compared to that, the ICSE schools have a better programming syllabus these > days- they start with LOGO, then some BASIC( GW/QBasic), then C++ and then > some Java, but no Python. sigh. > > If I could, I would teach students Lisp after LOGO, after all LOGO is a > LISP dialect! > > my random bits. > > -Amit > > >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Rajeev J Sebastian < >> rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Abhishek Mishra <ideam...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It happens that at ICSE schools java/c++ is offered for almost last 4 >>>> years of schooling, while my CBSE experience was horrible, with no >>>> programming in syllabus till class 11th. While way back in an ICSE >>>> school, programming started at class 6 with GW-BASIC and that language >>>> was fun. >>>> >>> At Bharatiya Vidya Mandir school at Kochi, we started on BASIC in the >>> 5th std. It was CBSE. >>> >>> Engineering First+Second Sem at CUSAT, it same thing BASIC .. after >>> two years of C++ at school. >>> >>> Makes you wonder who the hell makes these things. So my opinion is, >>> schools can and do change depending on how good the teachers/principal >>> are. But whats really bad are the universities, where its not so easy. >>> >>> Regards >>> Rajeev J Sebastian >>> _______________________________________________ >>> BangPypers mailing list >>> BangPypers@python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BangPypers mailing list >> BangPypers@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers >> > > > -- > Journal: http://amitksaha.wordpress.com > ยต-blog: http://twitter.com/amitsaha > IRC: cornucopic on #scheme, #lisp, #math, #linux > -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvisense.net
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