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- Subject: Re: first-year programming languages
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.225033.2239@gacvx2.gac.edu>
- From: emiddlec@mora.gac.edu (Eric Middlecamp)
- Date: 10 Nov 92 22:50:32 -0600
- References: <1992Nov9.152324.2715@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov9.152324.2715@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> writes:
- >Not sure where to ask this. If you answer, use email so we won't
- >clutter this newsgroup with unwanted banter.
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- >I work for a college which is reviewing its first-year programming
- >environment for students who will become computer science majors.
- >The question came up: what computer languages are used in the
- >first year programming courses in other colleges? Anyone have
- >some figures on this?
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- They used to use pascal here at Gustavus Adolphus College about 2 years ago for first year classes,
- but now we use Scheme (a variation of LISP.) Later on we use C, etc..
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