NEW CS Curriculum/Requirements?

Anselmo
Wed, 19 May 2010 01:13:32 +0000

Well, don’t expect anyone here to know too much about the changes. Unless one of us is a TA or knows a TA, we’re pretty much as much in the dark as you are. However, one thing is for certain: at CMU you are pretty much ever really expected to learn a language on your own if you follow the standard curriculum. So I suspect that there will be some sort of change so that 15-211 can accomodate Standard ML when the switch comes (info from a TA).

There is one thing I disapprove of: switching 15-123 with 15-122. This “safe C” idea really doesn’t sit well with me. The point of C is dynamic memory allocation and pointers, but apparently you’ll all be thrown into the 15-213 fire without a complete grasp of the power (and dangers) of C.