APL\360

Bill Gunshannon bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com
Fri Jan 15 17:14:26 CST 2021


On 1/15/21 6:11 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>>> As a grad student, I still remember the row of APL terminals at the
>>> computer centre with their APL-specific keyboards, always ruing that I
>>> had no time to learn it.
> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
>> Seems backwards when students have no time to learn things. Just sayin
> 
> There are some flaws in our educational system.
> Such as directing learning so rigidly that students are discouraged from 
> exploring.
> 
> -- 
> Grumpy Ol' Fred             cisin at xenosoft.com


Even worse when they are told specifically to "not waste time" learning
things like APL or COBOL.

bill



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