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If current computer science curricula is accurately described here as “syntax memorization” then we’re already in deep trouble. I hope that’s just throwaway sna
by wrs 1y ago
If current computer science curricula is accurately described here as “syntax memorization” then we’re already in deep trouble. I hope that’s just throwaway snark. (Though this whole thing reads very much like an LLM wrote it, and LLMs can’t be snarky, though they can sound snarky.)
- m3ch4m4n 1y agoYeh, "Computer science curricula must evolve from syntax memorization..." starting with this right out of the gate makes me either deeply worried or sincerely skeptical about the following thoughts of the author. My experience is that people fresh from getting their computer science degrees had the opposite problem where they didn't have enough practical courses coding something real to set them up for success in the real world.
- lukeinator42 1y agoExactly this. At the university I went to a comp sci degree was mostly theoretical with a substantial overlap with mathematics (we could even substitute a certain amount of high level comp sci classes for mathematics classes if we wanted). When I took electives such as intro level neuroscience classes I was unprepared for the levels of memorization required.
- pinoy420 1y ago[dead]
- slipperydippery 1y agoI have a CS degree and have been in the industry for 25 years and man I hope "memorize syntax" was never supposed to be a notable component of any of that, because I certainly haven't....
- konart 1y agoWhen I was in uni we weren't even taught Pascal\Delphi or C++. We were expected to do this on our own. Maybe it is different now (and differs from place to place).