Hi Kevin, I took the diploma 2 years ago and they taught java. I have never heard of Sait teaching Pascal, Fortran, Qbasic. Are you sure he is not at Devry ? Sait does not have Comp Science. I have already checked the course for the degree there, and none of those courses are mentioned.
Also, thanks everyone to respond. I agree with most of you when you say that it is better to learn on your own and course are worthless. On the other hand, I think courses are very important if you work in corporation in a big team. This is because computer courses usually teach some standard to follow while working in a group. I think if you learn a language on your own you become an "hacker" while if you learn "well" in school you could become a good professional. I know many people might disagree, but man I am here to criticize and being criticize. thanks, Giovanni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] [OT] Sait Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:51:23 -0700 > > One of the people here is taking a comp sci course at SAIT. Last semester, he > took C++, and Java. He's looking forward to Pascal (not even Turbo), Fortran > and Qbasic this semester. Now really, ESPECIALLY given the order they're > taught in, is there any reason AT ALL for either of the programming courses > he's in this semester? Sure, they used to matter. There might have even > been a slightly increased need during Y2K. But really, does every comp sci > student need to take them? > > Kev. -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
