> My issue with this, and this is mostly my own personal opinion, is not whether or not this subject is important and that we need to defend it, but whether tea

> My issue with this, and this is mostly my own personal opinion, is not whether or not this subject is important and that we need to defend it, but whether teaching it to students of that level is the 'right' thing. Teaching it to which students? If someone enrolls in a computer science class, it's reasonable to teach them computer science. If instead they want a mechanical introduction to programming, CS probably isn't the right material.