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It was a CS-I course	by dennismv	2009-04-10 22:13:55
and I was the TA. And the problem was to remove an arbitrary element from an array. Nobody knew how to do it. I asked a few folks from CS-II course, who were in the same room to help the CS-I students. Not one of them knew what I was talking about. Except one of the students. He said. Just use "erase" function of the vector. I said that for the purposes of the exercise we had to implement our own version of the "erase" function. There was a disconnect of comprehension again, as the students talked about the impossibility of erasing an actual hardware memory location. That was the time I understood. that our Computer Science education curriculum was in need of improvement.
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My only question: Was this just an arbitrary	by Adiplomat	2009-04-10 22:18:36
I'd be surprised if a 1st year CS course involved	by kahuana	2009-04-10 22:27:23
Of course I mean hardware-level programming.	by kahuana	2009-04-10 22:29:25
One of my points is, though, that unless	by Adiplomat	2009-04-10 22:31:10
I think some low level skill set is desirable	by dennismv	2009-04-10 22:47:18
I like the idea of teaching from first principles	by romandas	2009-04-11 19:48:01
Yes. But it'd be handy to know how the scripts	by kahuana	2009-04-10 22:54:05
it was an exercise	by dennismv	2009-04-10 22:31:00
Is this curriculum intended to produce computer	by Adiplomat	2009-04-10 22:37:44
You'd advocate a complete lack of foundation	by kahuana	2009-04-10 22:57:01
I see it through a CS bias perhaps	by dennismv	2009-04-10 23:13:22
This fully explains how things like	by Peace_man	2009-04-10 22:37:49
Is the answer you were looking for any more	by vampire	2009-04-11 10:36:58
not complicated. you got it (n/t)	by dennismv	2009-04-12 08:11:40

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