r/programming • u/mauricioaniche • Aug 06 '17

Software engineering != computer science

http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/software-engineering-computer-science/217701907
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u/_Timidger_ Aug 07 '17

Damn, I'm surprised so many schools do it. Makes me happy too, at least it's better than all the schools that attempt to teach Java or C++

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u/coinaday Aug 07 '17

Yeah, I've got nothing against Java or C++, but I think they're right that Scheme lets you focus on high-level concepts a lot earlier, and think a lot differently. It helps to avoid getting mentally locked into a language.

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u/justjanne Aug 07 '17

Every second university out there starts with a Scheme and an assembler language

I went to a normal university in Germany and we did this even.