Programming Course Content 20111

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Languages

Keeping up with the language standards

C

• the standard that we currently teach in our C courses is C89
• C99 introduced several new features and deprecated several features
  • //
  • long long
  • variable length arrays
  • inline functions
  • variadic macros
  • gets() deprecated
• C1x is under preparation
  • support international programming, minimize incompatibilities, projected publication in 2012
  • improved Unicode support
  • multi-threading
  • _Generic keyword
• shouldn't we start to teach C99 in preparation for C1x
  • as of Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft had no plans to support C99

C++

• the standard that we teach is a mixture of pre-standard C++ and C++98
  • C and function style casts are deprecated in C++98
• C++0x is nearing completion
• shouldn't we remove our dependencies on pre-standard C++ in preparation for C++0x

Professional Options

Game Programming

• what are the minimum requirements for game programming students ?
• are those requirements being met ?
• GAM666/DPS901 brings together programming and systems for the first time
• should enrollment in the introductory course be capped
• should CPD students be given the option to take introductory game programming
  • top CPD students who enroll often do well in this course
• should workshops be added to these courses
• should we issue game programming certificates

Open Source

• what are the minimum requirements for open source students ?
• are those requirements being met ?