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Why would stuff about a particular OS's filesytem be taught in a beginning computer science class?
by joevandyk 17y ago
Why would stuff about a particular OS's filesytem be taught in a beginning computer science class?
- nvoorhies 17y agoIt's akin to "here's where the computer lab is" rather than in the "this is what a stack is"
- illumin8 17y agoBecause CS101 should teach you about basic programming techniques, like how to open a file for reading or writing. In order to understand how to open a file, you need to have a basic understanding of how permissions work. In order to understand how permissions work, you need to understand how mode bits work. This is really basic stuff, but I'm not surprised that most developers think it is beneath them. "That's sysadmin stuff; I don't need to learn that." These are usually the same developers that think chmod 777 is a fix.