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MS/Waterloo Curriculum Deal On Hold

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-dog-sure-likes-them-chickens dept.

Plummer writes "After announcing a recent deal with Microsoft that would see C# become a mandatory portion of first year electrical and computer engineering, the University of Waterloo has backed off and asked for a year to evaluate the proposal. The year will be used to evaluate the merits of the language and ensure that any curriculum changes made, will meet the standards UW engineering is known for. The full story here and here."

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  1. Darn!! by I+Want+GNU! · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wouldn't mind this so much, if not for the fact that tomorrow they were going to add a course in Jedi mythology as a requirement to the curriculum for religion majors.

    --George L.

  2. ROFL by l33t-gu3lph1t3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone see the embedded Windows .NET ad in the full story page of this article..?

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    1. Re:ROFL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      no pop up ad filter killed it :)

  3. Yet Another Slashdot Celebration by RomSteady · · Score: 5, Funny
    Slashdot is celebrating that C# Programming isn't going to be taught, and yet nothing is said about Java Programming now being a required CS course in several universities.

    Whatever happened to keeping politics of all sorts out of school curriculum? I guess that went out the door when a Women's Studies course was instated at my local university, but a Men's Studies course was removed because it wasn't "politically correct."

    Oh, well. It could be worse. This could degenerate into some sort of Bourne Shell vs. Bourne Again Shell argument.

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  4. Job interviews by Taylor_Durden · · Score: 4, Funny

    4 years from now a bunch of grads will be heading to interviews...

    Grad: "I know C#! Hire me!"
    Industry: "C#. Check. What else do you know?"
    Grad: "Huh? Like what?"
    Industry: "Well, what did you learn in some of your other courses?
    Grad: "I know how to design a web page so that it only works under Internet Explorer."
    Industry: "Hmm..okaaaay. What type of degree did you say you have again?"
    Grad: "I have a copy right here..."
    Industry: "That says MCSE. That's not a diploma."
    Grad: "No, it is. There's some fine print at the bottom. See?"

  5. Programming languages. by m3573 · · Score: 3, Funny


    The record.com article: If the changes don't go ahead, the $561,000 Microsoft was giving to support the projects would no longer be available, he said.

    The 80s: people usually had to pay for programming languages.

    The 90s: programming languages and environment available for free (evolution).

    The New Millennium: people get paid to use a specific programming language (involution... well, this is /. about MS...EVILution?)

  6. Re:So? by AJWM · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the other hand, when I read a CV if I don't see at least three languages with at least two of them being radically different (ie C, C++ and Java won't cut it for "radically different"(*) -- throw a Lisp or APL or some such in there and you're getting closer), then I'll know the guy either has no imagination/curiosity or has problems learning new things.

    (*) Although Fortran IV, Fortan 77 and Fortran 95 might ;-)

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