Debate Over Python Replacing C++ in CS Classrooms
Google researcher Laurie Wired recalls C++ as the final core language in her college CS program.
A post by MTS shares a clip from an interview with Google researcher Laurie Wired. She states her college year was among the last to use C++ as the main teaching language for computer science. Wired notes the subsequent shift to Python and cautions that its abstractions can leave students without a grasp of how computers actually operate. Replies in the thread debate the balance of math, formal logic, and practical systems topics in current CS curricula versus software engineering needs.
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Debate Over Python Replacing C++ in CS Classrooms
Google researcher Laurie Wired recalls C++ as the final core language in her college CS program.
A post by MTS shares a clip from an interview with Google researcher Laurie Wired. She states her college year was among the last to use C++ as the main teaching language for computer science. Wired notes the subsequent shift to Python and cautions that its abstractions can leave students without a grasp of how computers actually operate. Replies in the thread debate the balance of math, formal logic, and practical systems topics in current CS curricula versus software engineering needs.
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MTS@MTSliveGoogle researcher @lauriewired warns the shift from C++ to Python in universities is creating programmers who don't understand how computers actually work: "When I was in college getting my CS degree, my year was one of the last years that was using C++ as the core language for…
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JE Jek@LettuceLeg@vaxryy I had a professor who told me I should switch from IT to CS because he thought I was good at coding. Told my advisor I wanted to do CS for coding, she told me that was a mistake and I’d just be taking a ton of calculus. Switched to cs and realized my advisor was right lol
0X 0x44@0x44_@vaxryy Sorry, but Software Engineering is a joke. There are literally zero formal requirements to be considered an engineering profession. I also don't think University is to learn a trade. It's to educate you enough to pursue your dreams and teach yourself what you need to…
MS Mohak Sharma@MohakSh08378116@vaxryy universities teaching computer science instead of software engineering is the disconnect lol. we need people who ship not people who prove https://x.com/itsoutblogai/status/2094768764940341634?s=20
VB VB@vbnospace@vaxryy What? A computer scientist is not concerned about memory management and process scheduling? What are you even talking about? What do you think we learn in System Programming and Operating Systems?
DO Dusan Odalovic@dusangran@vaxryy turns out the math was the good part