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"Team Ada: Ada Advocacy Issues (83 & 95)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom Moran <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:58:42 PDT
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Tom Moran <[log in to unmask]>
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>It seems crazy to ignore the philosophy and roots of a language when
>choosing one for teaching, but a concern about popularity in the industry
>seems to have overwhelmed common sense at some schools.
  OTOH it must seem strange for CS1 to ignore a student's high AP test
score, and the AP test, and thus high school CS, is now C++.   :(

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