Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:05:42 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: tyler@tysdomain.com Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Johan Bucht <jbucht@gmail.com>, by <free7by@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Something related to C and C++ Message-ID: <20140318160542.5c982133@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <5327FA91.9000907@tysdomain.com> References: <B2051FAA-63AA-4F96-90BA-84157CE1F7AB@yahoo.com> <20140317103830.53c42ade@X220.alogt.com> <611B8DE5-F593-4574-96AB-0965CA7EDF33@yahoo.com> <CABze5AD6STPLfriTJJazM%2BqhHJkVtBMgMzNWsQi%2B6vMkWox_0g@mail.gmail.com> <5326D093.90308@yahoo.com> <CABze5AC6WZfyG9VYUunCjtQS66mY1Ahfu%2BMhYN=SkJgR%2BTHcLw@mail.gmail.com> <39562806-80F4-4D4C-BAFD-20DCB537B303@yahoo.com> <DD029BFE-D06E-4102-915D-B379D8200A9F@yahoo.com> <CABze5AA-Y%2Ba-DsftK8_sz=mspJ4A6uaqfTpGeqozWQ%2BvpM7=Kw@mail.gmail.com> <BF60A6D6-9948-4E1A-B199-AB3055751ED7@yahoo.com> <20140318090352.403e6f1f@X220.alogt.com> <5327FA91.9000907@tysdomain.com>
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Hi, On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:49:37 -0400 "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> wrote: > On 3/17/2014 9:03 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:54:50 +0800 > > by <free7by@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > A question to the others. When I see these comments here, I wonder > > how bad university education got over time. Is this here typical > > now or just an exception. > > Universities can be pretty rough. I took a c++ course a couple years > ago and it was rough since I'd taught myself a long time back. The > teacher would talk about how specific ides like to "eat" files ending > in .txt, etc. The best programmers are those who eat, breathe and > dream in c++ and really want to learn: even with the best education, > your motivation and ability to learn and explore is what makes you a > good programmer IMO. A bad university might be a problem, but it's > not the end of the world, by no means. it might be the end of the world. Not tomorrow but later. Some time ago, it was normal that some 20% of a cohort finished education with a master's. I have read now that some countries are trying to get this number to 40%. Did the people get more capable or did the education got more lousy? Erich PS: we are really off the course when it comes to the idea behind this list.
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