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To: JC Jaros who wrote (39701)	12/26/2000 2:22:33 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I agree. Wasn't C++ fairly short lived? I thought they tested Pascal not long ago. Charles Tutt (TM)

To: JC Jaros who wrote (39701)	12/26/2000 10:55:37 AM
From: dmf	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

re: The HS instructors just last year weren't optomistic (sic) that the wheels of govt could turn fast enough to replace the C++ thing in any timeframe considered as 'soon'. I remember my son trying to explain to the HS guidance counselor that Pascal was not the best choice for him back in the mid 90's. She wanted him to have the AP credits and the weighted average. He opted for independent studies of C++ and parallel programming and that was right for him. Congrats to the AP for moving to Java. I was surprised, pleasantly so, by the CNET article previously posted: yahoo.cnet.com "The change from the current programming language, C++, will be made in the 2003-2004 academic year, the board said." Just knowing the change is coming will prompt some high school students and teachers to switch early or at least explore Java more seriously. We still have patches of snow on the ground from last Tuesday's big snow. A white Christmas in Georgia! dmf