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cs depts and research are too sensitive to the  immediate needs
of insdutry...should be ahead leading, not following.

suprise at sigact, since the goals they are after are those in ms. and
i don't consider ms. to be theory.

its introductory material, not theory and not prog and not applications.

papers in SIGCSE have general feeling of selfconsciousness(cf. dijkstra
humble prog) eg. training for industry confuses technical skill with education

try to justify existence in terms of jobs

must stop feeling that cs is a service bureau whose function is to supply
conventional wisdom to industry and other depts.

true that cs. dept should carry computing classes, but must be better
that trade school.

note that McCarthy is not even mentioned in I1(data structures) or
I2(prog lang)

curriculum-68 is not just outdated, it is wrong.

beginning student faced with a bewildering array of techniques.

title: curriculum 68 considered harmful

dear sir:

For a number of years I have been ....