While I agree that teaching Python to non-EECS majors is a great idea, it's sad to see the decline of C/Scheme in university courses. Much has been said on thi

While I agree that teaching Python to non-EECS majors is a great idea, it's sad to see the decline of C/Scheme in university courses. Much has been said on this topic. So, I'm just going to post two links that I think are interesting. Joel Spolskey claims that Java isn't hard enough to separate good programmers from the bad: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchool... This article claims that competency of CS grads is going down: http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/roboticscurriculum/research/C-Programming%20vs.%20Java.pdf http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/roboticscurriculum/resea...