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I'm so out of it. The idea of a high school focused CS degree blows my mind. Have we really taught enough English, Math, Economics, History by the time a stud
by jhancock 17y ago
I'm so out of it. The idea of a high school focused CS degree blows my mind. Have we really taught enough English, Math, Economics, History by the time a student is 17?
Java as a core skill set for life seems a bit misplaced.
As too your question, if you've got nothing better to do with your time, sure take the Java class. I am guessing though that the reason you are already forgetting your C++ is because you haven't "used" the knowledge.
- jmonegro 17y agoRegarding the first part of your comment, yes :D. I take the English AP, the Economics AP, the US History AP as well. I'm not in AP math yet, but I'm taking Calculus as well. I like to think that (at least my school) has weighted all the courses pretty well. For the second part, in my time I do the usual student stuff like going out and hanging out, but I really like Ruby and Rails, so I do that as well. I also think that's why I'm already forgetting C++ - the lack of use. I know Java is potentially useful, but I gear my programming towards the web, mostly. I could use Java with the Google App engine, but I can use Ruby with it too with JRuby. There's my dilemma.
- jhancock 17y agoYour High School program sounds pretty amazing. Nothing like that when I was in school. The one benefit you may get from Java that is tough to learn in Ruby is formalization of your object interfaces. Since you've already been a bit brain damaged by C++, the Java won't do any worse ;).