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It's ridiculous. My university tried to switch the CS program from C/C++ ( OS, networking, etc ) and Scheme ( functional, programming languages, etc ) to java and there was a mass movement against it and we kept the "traditional" languages. I don't know why there is such a movement in academia to dumb down everything.

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One reason might be because their (academia's) customers demand a return on investment. And that return is difficult to realize when Recruiter Joe is screening you for a job and asking how many years of "The Java" you've had.

Don't get me wrong, this is in no way an argument against what you said. I'm just offering up a possible answer.

Their demands should be fulfilled by vocational schools, not universities.

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