Tag: computer science education

What were your #FirstSevenLanguages?

My computer geek colleagues are boasting about their humble beginnings by sharing lists of their first seven programming languages. You can find these under the hashtag #FirstSevenLanguages. COBOLPL/1SASIFPSAPL370 AssemblerCSQLLisp#FirstSevenLanguages — Paul Kent (@hornpolish) August 16, 2016 From what I’ve seen of these lists, the programming languages that appear are very […]

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Are you too good for code reviews?

The recent issue of InformationWeek features a Q&A session with Ken Thompson, one of the creators of the Unix operating system. (He collaborated with Dennis Ritchie, of C language fame. Since much of SAS is written in C, I daresay there are a fe…

Are you too good for code reviews?

The recent issue of InformationWeek features a Q&A session with Ken Thompson, one of the creators of the Unix operating system. (He collaborated with Dennis Ritchie, of C language fame. Since much of SAS is written in C, I daresay there are a few c…

Pop Quiz for Computer Science Education Week

I helped to write a quiz for the Computer Science Education Week promotions that were featured on our company intranet. Do you fancy yourself as a Comp-Sci aficionado? Let’s see how you do with these.

1. Which achievement is Charles Babbage most…

Computer Science isn’t just for geeks anymore

Computer science is more than the pursuit of “let’s see what we can make this computer do.” If that’s your only goal, then you might make a fine computer geek, but a lousy computer scientist. In her blog post for Computer Science Education Week,…

What’s my line? (CSEdWeek edition)

Author note: I’m “replaying” this post in honor of Computer Science Education Week. It originally appeared here over 3 years ago.

Today was “career day” in my daughter’s 3rd grade classroom. A few privileged parents were invited to attend and …