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Avoiding the tar pitAvoiding the tar pitPosted Feb 15, 2007 13:28 UTC (Thu) by pizza (subscriber, #46)In reply to: Avoiding the tar pit by ms Parent article: Avoiding the tar pit
>It may be worth thinking about this for some considerable time. Which computing degrees actually teach anything substantive about OS design? Which even teach any thorough course on C?
When I was at Georgia Tech, I took many OS-level courses. I left right after they did a major overhaul of their CS program, but even post-overhaul, there were several parallel tracks one could take, including lots of hard-core OS theory, complete with hands-on Linux kernel hacking.
Granted, one could choose to focus on something entirely different (like visualization or human-computer-interaction) but the choice was there. Or at least it was a choice when I gradumicated back in 2000. :)
I don't know if they still offer that sort of thing, but I find it hard to imagine that they wouldn't.
(If a certain Jim Greenlee is reading, I still think CS2340 aka _Control & Concurrency_ was one of the most valuable classes I took!)
>Now I'm sure that you can find stats that show the number of developers in the kernel has increased, but I simply can't believe this is sustainable.
While the *rate* of kernel hacker-type graduates may be decreasing, the overall number is still increasing simply due to a much larger overall population.
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