Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!aplcen!aplvax.jhuapl.edu!genesch From: genesch@aplvax.jhuapl.edu (Eugene Schwartzman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Coverage of multitasking Message-ID: <2592@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Date: 9 Aug 89 19:42:07 GMT Sender: news@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu Reply-To: genesch@aplvax.jhuapl.edu (Eugene Schwartzman) Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Lines: 27 In article <6217@hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe,2847,) writes: >From genesch@aplvax.jhuapl.edu (Eugene Schwartzman): >> what do you define as overview. Just stating the fact that something >> like that exists and what it is? > > The CACM article listed parallel programming as one of the 11 > major topics; I would therefore assume that parallel programming > would be covered for at least a week. Agreed, but not in a beginning level, maybe sophmore year. And then, junior and senior level can be used for those that are seriously interested in it. How are you going to explain to a student that can barely understand how to write a decent algorithm, etc.. about parallel programming. As somebody has stated, first you crawl, then you walk, then you run.. I would classify what you stated as a jog :-) Granted, now most of the crawling is done in H.S. :-), but you would not want to penalize those that didn'e have computer education in H.S. gene schwartzman genesch@aplvax.jhuapl.edu _______________________________________________________________________________ | GO BEARS, GO CUBS, GO WHITE SOX, GO BULLS, GO BLACKHAWKS, GO TERPS !!!!! | | Soccer is a kick in the grass (and sometimes on astroturf)! | | GO DIPLOMATS, GO STARS, GO BAYS, GO BLAST !!!! | | CFL -> GO EDMONTON ESKIMOS!!!! VFL -> GO CARLTON BLUES !!!! | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Disclaimer: These are my opinions and not of my employer.