About Computer Science Education

Well, here we are — 2008. We've been teaching computer science for, what, half a century so far? Wow. We must be getting pretty good at it by now. Let's look as the state of the art...

Oh, interesting. In January, some professors wrote a paper that claims that CS education lacks mathematical rigour and leaves students ill-equipped for genuine software development, and suggests that CS curricula emphasize formal methods.

Egad! Is it really 1988 again? So soon?