From: JB Eriksson <mrkode@...>
Date: 2005-12-03T08:05:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Programming Newbie: Ruby or Java?

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you're not learning the languages so that you can use them later on. you
learn them so that you understand how to program.

On 12/2/05, Chris Irish <chris.irish@libertydistribution.com> wrote:
>
> Ryan Leavengood wrote:
>
> >On 11/29/05, mental@rydia.net <mental@rydia.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Wow, ok.
> >>
> >>I'd have to say that's a bit more "catching on" than Ruby's done to
> >>date, in any sense of the term.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Not really. Universities regularly teach things that students will
> >never use in the real world. Before switching to Java my university
> >taught the basic CS course using Scheme. I also learned Lisp for my AI
> >class. Yet I certainly don't see a ton of people using those
> >languages, and I certainly don't see many jobs asking for experience
> >in those languages. I'm not saying this to belittle those languages,
> >but the reality is that the real world and universities don't always
> >match up.
> >
> >Ryan
> >
> >
> >
> """the reality is that the real world and universities don't always
> match up."""
>
> I'm a current CS student at ASU (arizona, US) and this statement is SO
> true. :/
> Besides learning Java, C, & C++... I've had to learn Lisp/Scheme and
> Prolog.  I mean who uses Prolog??  It's basically dead.
> School teaches theory mostly.
> Experience teaches you the rest I guess.
>
>
>

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