[Tfug] CIS faculty at PCC west disavow existence of Linux classes

[Leo Przybylski]

I'd also like to comment that the ECE labs are Sparc or UltraSparc for 
the majority. I would also like to remark that ECE 275 is an 
introduction to "C" programming course at UA. If you are not enrolled in 
the college you can attend class through "Non-degree seeking" status.

-Leo Przybylski
http://foopan.leosandbox.org
http://grow.arizona.edu

Ammon Lauritzen wrote:

> kyle@grndzero.org wrote:
>
>>> 3)  The University of Arizona offers no "C" programming class.  I
>>> don't know, maybe he just isn't aware of anything that happens outside
>>> of his office.
>>>   
>>
>> No comment on this one. He told us a few times that he logged into a 
>> unix
>> machine at the U to compile stuff occasionally. When I took his class 
>> it was
>> transferrable to the U for credit. I heard rumors that the UoA was using
>> java or c++ as an intro language, maybe that's what he meant in hus 
>> mumbling.
>>  
>>
> Ok, well, I'm probably not the most qualified person to answer this 
> since I just got my second official notice from the CS department 
> informing me that I have been rejected from the major... anyways ;)
>
> Yes, they teach Java as a first language (something that I used to 
> disagree with violently, but the more I use the language, the less 
> opposed I am to it - it still gives beginning programmers brain 
> damage, but to a lesser degree than I originally thought). However, 
> their C/Unix course (352, which Brian mentioned) is a pre-req for most 
> of the 400 level classes, which are all done in C. I'm not quite sure 
> as to the scope of the class because I tested out of it, but from the 
> few days I did attend, it was a very rapid and comprehensive 
> introduction to unix.
>
> The department maintains two labs, one of which is full of windows 
> boxes and is generally reserved for people taking their introductory 
> Java classes, and the other is half-windows/half-debian (which is 
> where anyone else goes if they need to use a lab machine). It is 
> expected that you will do your C programming assignments on the Sparc.
>
> So yeah, definately no anti-unix bias, and definately no lack of c. I 
> have done all of my work from Linux boxes (well, I did have to use a 
> windows machine for the C# class, but I used rdesktop from my home 
> machine to connect to it :p).
>