Prof at a SLAC here, in the Math Dept but degree in CS theory. FWIW, I'll throw in that my advisees often tell me that they hated the first CS course (which Ma

Prof at a SLAC here, in the Math Dept but degree in CS theory. FWIW, I'll throw in that my advisees often tell me that they hated the first CS course (which Math requires). Our CS Dept is good. They are not slave drivers, or doing crazy stuff. They run a standard Java class doing very reasonable things and give a perfectly typical range of grades. And the students who say these things to me are not just the poor ones. Is it inherient in the material? Is it the way the intro is typically approached in standard texts? I don't know. And I admit that I only have anecdotes. But the article didn't mention it, so I'm mentioning it.