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All of our (the CS degree program I attended) 100s/200s courses in the late 90's were taught using C. From what I remember they didn't "claim" to use any partic

All of our (the CS degree program I attended) 100s/200s courses in the late 90's were taught using C. From what I remember they didn't "claim" to use any particular language and basically if they did I wouldn't have known what they were referring to anyway. Java came onto the scene with much fanfare. It was a big thing and all the professors were quick to foist it upon us. On a side note, it’s funny for me whenever anyone says they chose the JVM for speed. It’s still ingrained into me that this is not the case. I have to take a second and assure myself this is not 1998, Java is fast now.

vizeroth 13y ago
I also remember all of the courses taught in C (with some C++ for OOP). I find it really odd, though, working in a University environment and seeing the massive number of students in Java courses while IT is trying to limit the installation of the JVM on clients (especially Windows), as it's one of the major infection vectors on the campus (another being Flash). Personally, I learned Java for Android/Blackberry development (guess that makes it half dead for me), but I also learned Objective-C for iOS/OS X development. I don't really see myself using either for any other environment, though. I guess I'm just glad I never really dreaded learning/using any particular language.