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I don't think his will result in stronger CS graduates but given the pressure most unis are feeling from online education and coding bootcamps it's not surprisi

I don't think his will result in stronger CS graduates but given the pressure most unis are feeling from online education and coding bootcamps it's not surprising. Why study some archaic language (lisp and scheme like I did for my programming 101) when you could be studying something that is much more aligned with your number one goal for getting a degree: employment.

goatlover 10y ago
It's way out of fashion now, but I thought Pascal did a really good job of being an intro programming class that wasn't too complicated, but forced one to learn the basics in a disciplined fashion. I took Pacal first semester and then C++ the next, and the Pascal course really helped. As I was graduating, Java replaced C++.