https://www.open.edu.au/wps/portal/What_to_study_qualifications/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/OUA2/What+to+study/Qualifications/Qualification_Data/RMI_CPT_DEG
Must be an American trend as it is not reflected in reality in Australia.
Java is used by universities as the forerunner to C.
You could spend 10 years studying Java or C# or C++ and still have more to learn.
The real question that should be asked is are universities tuning out graduates in computer languages in the correct ratio to match where jobs are in industry.
Likely the answer is that computer skills should be trained using part uni and part workplace apprenticeships. That usually helps to get the mix right.
"Java is such a severely limited language."
I think that is over the top as a statement.
Sure there are some people who will go on to work for some mega corp writing an OS or application. But there is plenty of the activity in web design, modifying applications and writing macros.
Java >> ActionScript >> JavaScript >> VBA >> PHP >> Ruby >>.Net
I'm not going to be involved in a rewrite of Word or an OS. Java is twisted enough to provide a really decent foundation in programming for many of us dumb pricks who just want to make stuff that works.
Blanket generalisations don't really add much to the debate. Any uni experience should be based on teaching people how to learn. No matter what the language that is being taught what is most important is that you are NOT spoon feed. What important is that your taught how to learn a language. And whatever you might learn is unlikely to be what you will be using in 10 years time. Life long learning - that's the goal.
Of course what the above stats don't say is that of 59.6% in jail for drug offences 59% of them were people from the lower economic. Smart rich people never end up in jail, they don't need to rob to support habits and if they are caught they can afford the best legal advise.
Effectively we criminalize the poor.
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https://www.open.edu.au/wps/portal/What_to_study_qualifications/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/OUA2/What+to+study/Qualifications/Qualification_Data/RMI_CPT_DEG Must be an American trend as it is not reflected in reality in Australia. Java is used by universities as the forerunner to C. You could spend 10 years studying Java or C# or C++ and still have more to learn. The real question that should be asked is are universities tuning out graduates in computer languages in the correct ratio to match where jobs are in industry. Likely the answer is that computer skills should be trained using part uni and part workplace apprenticeships. That usually helps to get the mix right.
"Java is such a severely limited language." I think that is over the top as a statement. Sure there are some people who will go on to work for some mega corp writing an OS or application. But there is plenty of the activity in web design, modifying applications and writing macros. Java >> ActionScript >> JavaScript >> VBA >> PHP >> Ruby >> .Net
I'm not going to be involved in a rewrite of Word or an OS. Java is twisted enough to provide a really decent foundation in programming for many of us dumb pricks who just want to make stuff that works.
Blanket generalisations don't really add much to the debate. Any uni experience should be based on teaching people how to learn. No matter what the language that is being taught what is most important is that you are NOT spoon feed. What important is that your taught how to learn a language. And whatever you might learn is unlikely to be what you will be using in 10 years time. Life long learning - that's the goal.
Of course what the above stats don't say is that of 59.6% in jail for drug offences 59% of them were people from the lower economic. Smart rich people never end up in jail, they don't need to rob to support habits and if they are caught they can afford the best legal advise. Effectively we criminalize the poor.