15 years later, I had professors that said the same thing. And it was true in a lot of classes. Even though the mid-aughts was a time when almost every CS stude

15 years later, I had professors that said the same thing. And it was true in a lot of classes. Even though the mid-aughts was a time when almost every CS student had a laptop to bring to class, the arguments for actually "needing" them in class were usually pretty contrived.