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  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!ncar!vexcel!copper!aspen.craycos.com!sog
  3. From: sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc,comp.arch,sci.math
  5. Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug31.204426.1985@craycos.com>
  7. Date: 31 Aug 92 20:44:26 GMT
  8. References: <1992Aug31.133811.3626@crd.ge.com> <1992Aug31.144045.11416@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Aug31.170849.11927@mprgate.mpr.ca>
  9. Organization: Cray Computer Corporation
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  12. In article <1992Aug31.170849.11927@mprgate.mpr.ca> mcvey@mpr.ca (Iain McVey) writes:
  13. >In article <1992Aug31.144045.11416@hubcap.clemson.edu> steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson) writes:
  14. >>The problems keep getting
  15. >>worse as more university dumb-down the CS curriculum.
  16. >
  17. >
  18. >Getting people who can function in more than one discipline is more than
  19. >half the battle these days.
  20.  
  21. Getting people who can read and write is half the battle these days.
  22.  
  23. >Finding BSc's who even know what a vector processor is can be a
  24. >hard enough battle.  
  25.  
  26. Having recently encountered honors graduates in "Computer Science" who were
  27. not entirely sure exactly what an assembler is makes me despair of finding
  28. BSc-s who understand vector processing. Perhaps things are better in
  29. Canada...
  30.  
  31. Steve
  32.