College Programming

>>57356033
All the lecture notes that your tenured prof is using are from 1997 and he doesn't want to re-invent the wheel.

>>57356033
>Why Java?

Because you picked a shit school, anon... also >>57356137

>>57356033
Is this your first semester in CS? Many schools start with java rather than C because noobs have difficulty with pointers.

Does your school not offer an "accelerated" course for this? Or allow you to test and skip this course?

>>57356033
>Why Java?
Because they literally hate you and have no interest in your future

>Or more specifically why am I still here?
Philosophy is down the hall, third right

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>>57356033
>python
>useful

>>57356180
i tried testing out of it, but i had forgotten all my java from high school because it had been over a year since i touched java. I figured if i fail the class i'll try taking the placement exam again and hopefully place out of it.
>>57356180
this is my first CS major class. I should've taken a 309 discreet stats class last semester

>>57356152
my school actually has a 97% placement rate of undergrads w/ Comp Sci degrees

Also for all interested this is my second semester of school

>>57356247
>i know java this is sooo booring!!!
>>fails java placement exam

you need this course anon

>>57356033
Because java is more universally useful and used more in the industry than c/c++ and python

>>57356271
>says i need to take course
>skips part where i say i did this in high school

gg

>>57356327
i dont think ill be using Java in my field of Comp Sci. I want to do Massively parallel systems or Computational Math

>>57356033
cos java will "get you a job" like they know the industry. C++ is better and not slow as shite

How easy is it to get into a graduate CS program? I've only got 1 semester left until I have my BS. I've got a 3.8 gpa, but no (relevant) work experience or extra curricular activity going for me. Think I could still get into an okay school?