[Info-vax] Variable declarations, was: Re: improving EDT

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/29/2016 2:59 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 11/29/16 2:36 PM, David Froble wrote:
>> Nothing wrong with a degree.  It shows that one can at least accomplish
>> a task.
>
> Does it? Really?

Considering that taking a degree is a task: yes.


>>         In either case, real learning begins only in the working
>> world.
>
> We disagree on this, too.  But, I believe that both are of value.  I
> don't agree with professors who have never held a non academic position
> telling students, "And this is the way it will be when you go out into
> the world."

Story from when I studied: A professor had just filled 6 blackboards
with math showing something, when a student asked "Can this be used in
the real world?" - the reply was "The real world is a non-interesting
special case!".

>>       True with many things, including VMS.  You want good people, you
>> got to train them.
>
> And just what do today's college students get that is relevant to VMS
> other than being told it is an anachronistic, legacy Operating System?
> Heck, I would imagine the majority of CS Professors today think it is
> non-existant.

In the big picture it is getting close to be so.

Arne