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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Which language to teach first?
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Date: 14 Aug 89 22:25:00 GMT
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/* Written 10:36 am  Aug 11, 1989 by twl@brunix in p.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.edu */
> Also, documentation and good design are stressed in the
> software engineering lab.

In other words, documentation is taught as an "advanced concept", not
appropriate for the beginning course.  I'm sorry, but I still find
this attitude to be an incredible crock, and I'm shocked that it still
persists at my Alma Mater.

Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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