Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site nbs-amrf.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!nbs-amrf!libes From: libes@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Don Libes) Newsgroups: net.usenix Subject: Re: Disillusionment with Usenix tutorial Message-ID: <6@nbs-amrf.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 12:29:10 EDT Article-I.D.: nbs-amrf.6 Posted: Tue Aug 6 12:29:10 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 05:51:02 EDT References: <92@tekadg.UUCP> Organization: National Bureau of Standards Lines: 23 I didn't fill out an evaluation form at the end of the class because I didn't stay till the end. I walked out at the first break. But first I checked with the teacher to see if he was really going to continue at the elementary level. He stated that he was. He also said that this was not his choice of material, but that the course syllabus was given to him by the Usenix tutorial organizers. He didn't agree that this course was elementary, but he acknowledged that it certainly wasn't advanced. I write a regular magazine column on "intermediate"-level C programming and believe me, that course didn't begin to cover material that my column assumes people have a good understanding of. For example, he assumed that people did not know what pointers were. Really!! While I'm on the subject, just what is the point of offering courses like "Elementary C programming" or "Elementary shell programming" or "An Introduction to UNIX" at a Usenix conference? The conference is supposed to cater to experienced UNIX users, no? You're not going to go to AAAI or SIGGraph to get an introduction to AI or graphics, are you? Don Libes {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!libes