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From: jtbell@presby.edu (Jon Bell)
Subject: Re: Comparison of languages for CS1 and CS2
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 18:00:36 GMT
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 Robert G. Plantz <bob@cs.sonoma.edu> wrote:
>You make a very good point. I don't think that we know very much
>about teaching computer science -- not very surprising, given
>how young our field is.

If it's any consolation, we physicists, as a group, still don't know much
about teaching physics -- and physics, as a field, is a bit older than
computer science!  :-(

-- 
Jon Bell <jtbell@presby.edu>            |  "The Internet grows hyper-
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science   |  bolically, but is usually 
Presbyterian College                    |  described elliptically."
Clinton, South Carolina USA             |       -- Dr. Internet
