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Don’t Computer Scientists still need to use computers efficiently and effectively to run research projects or test new concepts on them?

• jgwil2 5y ago
  Yes, that is a good point. But by analogy, should an English major receive credit towards their major for a course in word processing, or is it just something that they should be expected to pick up along the way?
  • munchbunny 5y ago
    If word processing were as complex to use as a shell, I’d probably suggest a tutorial on word processing early in the major. I don’t have to regularly look up how to bold text even in Markdown, but I do have to regularly look up various Bash-isms.
  • necrotic_comp 5y ago
    It wouldn't be a bad idea to teach kids how to create a professional environment on their computer, but at the same time, the tooling around programming environments is much more complicated than a word processor and it's extremely valuable to teach the basics for credit.
  • meristem 5y ago
    There might be issues of access. It may be possible to go through school without ever having to break out of a GUI to do CLI commands, whereas it may be impossible to graduate from high school without ever typing an essay on word/docs/etc etc.
  • shirakawasuna 5y ago
    But CS students aren't really expected to pick these things up on the way - and they have other things to be doing if it's not required coursework. It's like an English major who can read and analyze the classics and nothing else - and cannot write at all outside of abstract poetry.