Yeah, ignoring that might be okay in a course like "Programming for non-CS Majors", but I'd expect better from an actual CS program where understanding the foun

Yeah, ignoring that might be okay in a course like "Programming for non-CS Majors", but I'd expect better from an actual CS program where understanding the foundations of the language you're working with are important. I remember the same exact thing from Java, and similar "magical words" that weren't explained but I was simply told had to be there. Learning for/while/do loops and variable assignment and all of that is fine for a programming course, but the first semester of a CS course shouldn't just be sticking a fahrenheit to Celsius converter or a string reversal or simple sorter in between magic words and symbols.