Re: Are programmers like this in the real world?

Matthias Kaeppler <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

>For CS students, there are no "programming courses", which teach
>you how to program in a specific language or so. In the short-lived
>world of IT it is (or shouldn't) be the intention of a university to
>teach certain tools or languages, but rather the concepts behind them.
>You can/must then learn the languages of your choice on your own.

>Most courses already assume that you know how to program, though there
>are some lectures teaching software development basics which illustrate
>programming paradigms by introducing them with a certain language (Java
>for OO, Standard ML for functional programming). There are also
>exercises were we have to program in these languages, but there are no
>specific courses teaching the languages.


Thanks Matthias for your reply.
It sounds like your University is in the envious position of being able to
assume that students have an initial (syntax-dominated) understanding of
programming, and that they can devote much more time to the practice of
program development. Introductory programming classes can often require 6
months to a year from a degree programme.

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