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You don't need programming languages to implement computer science. Pseudo code suffices for exams.

• j_w 6mo ago
  You don't need programming languages to DESCRIBE computer science but to implement it you need some programming language. Quite literally an "implementation detail."
  • nradov 6mo ago
    If instructors are testing implementation details on paper exams then they're really missing the point of CS education. Completely lazy and incompetent, should be terminated.
    • j_w 6mo ago
      It's a balancing act. Some portion of computer science education needs to be practical (implementation details), while some portion needs to be pure computer science (pseudo code). Obviously projects are a good way to measure implementation details, but they are too easily cheated. Every class I took had exams as 80% or more of the grade. Not every class expected accurate syntax on exams, but most expected code rather than pseudo code (typically C).