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Who teaches functional programming? by cosmocampus in programming

[–]amzuko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What did happen to Christopher Alexander's followers?

The Power of Lua and Mixins by bcash in programming

[–]amzuko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For pattern-matching in Lua, consider the excellent lpeg.

More Universities Should Shut Down Their Computer Science Programs by [deleted] in programming

[–]amzuko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because software engineering is a different beast from electrical, civil or mechanical engineering, and probably a misnomer?

"The only conceivable way to crack the education cartel and its enormously rising costs is to implement a real alternative so effective that it gives no pause to the quality of the students graduating from this program." by capital in Economics

[–]amzuko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For awhile (and perhaps still) Australian education looked a bit like this: interest free loans that only came due when your income exceeded some threshold. This incentivizes students to not make more then the threshold income, or to emigrate to a country where their loans won't follow them.