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From: pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis)
Subject: Re: Repost of the Reid Report #12; CS1 languages
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In article <3u29l3$jj8@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> richter@banach.math.purdue.edu (Bill Richter) writes:
>> Finally, another measure of the health of a language in CS1 is the
>> number of new textbooks that are coming out. I have not seen a
>> proposal for a new Ada book, while I know of multiple CS1 in C++
>> books that are in the works.
>
>Uh, health?  Do you have any idea how many Calculus textbooks are
>coming out, all clones of each other, dead weight to students and
>teachers alike?
>

Yes, I know about the Calculus situation. I also know that few courses
that teach Calculus are going to switch to teaching Discrete Math. In
other words, the volume of books (regardless of their quality) means 
the publishers perceive a big market. Just my point.




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