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I'll be surprised if you tell me that the end result isn't usually undergraduates who can produce mediocre, unidiomatic code in any of 6 languages. (I've no per

I'll be surprised if you tell me that the end result isn't usually undergraduates who can produce mediocre, unidiomatic code in any of 6 languages. (I've no personal experience with Berkeley grads, just general cynicism.)

cema 17y ago
This would be true for any undergraduate program. Quality of the people is more important than the quality of the material used for instruction.
garnet7 17y ago
Why? What do you see wrong with the Berkeley curriculum?
- swolchok 17y ago
  cema had it right -- undergraduates in general like to optimize away their education.
  - garnet7 17y ago
    Ok. I think you mean that they'll spend their time learning the basics of 6 different languages without getting in-depth in any of them.