Please I need an answer to this �

I have a friend who's currently in 200l but he wish to travel abroad but he's somehow confused that here in Nigeria he's in 200l if he travel abroad can he still continue his education at that same 200l or he have to start afresh.

nowhere:
If the practicals are part of it, fine .If it is only paper reading....rubbish.

university can not teach you programming, you learn that on your own. It's like learning Yoruba, Igbo or English, you have to practice to get proficient in it.

SanctifiedSista:
Invest in forex so u can afford covenant uni for ur children ..it may take a while to train all Nigerian universities lecturers esp those that are matured and not growing intellectually

How is their postgraduate program hope no wahala sha

BetBuilder365:
If you know any Nigerian University still having lectures on this course and Fortran please name them let's shame them or even sue them

Funny.
I did Fortran in 200 Level.
I'm now in 300 level, I'm doing Fortran, C++ and Matlab combined together.

It's an Agricultural and Environmental Engineering course.


University of Ibadan, I hail thee���

While I'm not a computer scientist, but the op reeks of sheer ignorance. Older generation programming languages are not a waste in this modern age. For example, The US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system and 8-inch floppy disk. Also, 3.5-inch floppy disks are still in use on airplanes to load avionics software. A dead clock is useful twice.

Sazeals:
University lecturers that are still teaching cobol, basic or fortran
God will punish them

You people have luck.
You have smart phones now and can install any IDE and write any program you really wish to learn.
I was so surprised that I downloaded something and began writing some C++ programs on my phone, in my pocket.
When we were at school, there wasn't anything. Only one useless computer in the department and NO INTERNET to download anything.
They just taught us Fortran with mouth. No way to practice.
Now, see ALL THE WHOLE FORTRAN TRAINING video here, just because of internet availability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__2UgFNYgf8

Just learn whatever and pass.

taibod:
Please I need an answer to this �

I have a friend who's currently in 200l but he wish to travel abroad but he's somehow confused that here in Nigeria he's in 200l if he travel abroad can he still continue his education at that same 200l or he have to start afresh.

Who is the friend? Can't he ask the question for himself or he's too stupid do so?
In that case, he'll go abroad and start everything again from 1st year.
Does the idiot even know the country he wants to travel to?

Gather here if you don't understand what they are saying

edoairways:

How is their postgraduate program hope no wahala sha

Best choice for post graduate.. only issue is that u will remain in the campus, u can't work and school at the same time

frankosivue:


I think it'll good for you to know that the newer version of FORTRAN (Fortran 2003) is highly recommended for Computer Science students even in 2021. You think computer science is about learning the latest technologies? No, man. It's about giving students solid background in computing which will enable them learn with ease the technologies of their interest.

Let me pause here and refer you to this thread on quora: https://www.quora.com/Shouldnt-Fortran-be-the-first-language-that-undergraduate-CS-students-learn-in-college

My thoughts too

aikyg:
Every programming language is structurally the same. The difference lies in what they can do and the level of abstraction that it can take. If you know Pascal and C very well, learning a truly object-oriented language like Java will be a walk in the park for you; you only need to learn to start thinking in Objects and Classes.

Pascal is still very relevant today and Pascal programmers are a rare gem. For instance, Skype was the best messaging platform on earth until Microsoft bought it for $8.5 billion. And yes, Skype was written in Pascal.

The people who laugh at Pascal do so from a point of ignorance.

Facts! My first University level introduction to programming was Pascal when Procedural Programming was THE thing. Sad to see how these young guns fling Pascal like its a useless language

matrixme:
While I'm not a computer scientist, but the op reeks of sheer ignorance. Older generation programming languages are not a waste in this modern age. For example, The US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system and 8-inch floppy disk. Also, 3.5-inch floppy disks are still in use on airplanes to load avionics software. A dead clock is useful twice.

that's not true, they don't, ok? It's all a ruse, U.S. nuclear weapons on a floppy? Hahahahahaha.

airsaylongcome:
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Facts! My first University level introduction to programming was Pascal when Procedural Programming was THE thing. Sad to see how these young guns fling Pascal like its a useless language

yes it's useless because no one is going to employ you, not even as a freelancer. How many apps today are built in Pascal. I don't know of any.

goodson:

My thoughts too

the question is, who will employ you?

aprilwise:
Some course in Nigerian universities syllabus are not relevant

State your reasons.

Because you need this to improve on it as a computer engineer

Tohsynetita1:
LAUTECH teaches it, it's CSE 201

It has been modified, Python is been taught instead

uuzba:

You people have luck.
You have smart phones now and can install any IDE and write any program you really wish to learn.
I was so surprised that I downloaded something and began writing some C++ programs on my phone, in my pocket.
When we were at school, there wasn't anything. Only one useless computer in the department and NO INTERNET to download anything.
They just taught us Fortran with mouth. No way to practice.
Now, see ALL THE WHOLE FORTRAN TRAINING video here, just because of internet availability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__2UgFNYgf8

Just learn whatever and pass.

You must have went thru a lot
I go don frustrate comot school

GboyegaD:


I don't agree with you however, there's a need for much hands on. Some professors still use Fortran77 for choosing computations that are heavily reliant on mathematical formulas.

But what I want to do does not require computation that relies on mathematical formulas or at least no computations at all, that's why I said God punish anybody that's wasting my time teaching me fortran that I will not even know.

EgiHabibu:

And you think God is like you ??�

God is not like me, I am not God, God ain't me.
But still God will punish them
If there are still lecturers out there teaching people fortran God will bless them
But any lecturer that tries to teach me fotran God will punish him.

Pascal programming language is a good introductory language to programming. It easy and can be used to teach all aspects of programming. Its better than BASIC language. By the way, there are modern variations of PASCAL like DELPHI.

Uniport

Sazeals:


But what I want to do does not require computation that relies on mathematical formulas or at least no computations at all, that's why I said God punish anybody that's wasting my time teaching me fortran that I will not even know.

You are not the only one in class so understand that while it isn't useful for you, it could be useful for others.

dometome:
yes it's useless because no one is going to employ you, not even as a freelancer. How many apps today are built in Pascal. I don't know of any.

Ignorance indeed is bliss. Better to keep quiet and be thought of as intelligent than open your mouth and remove all doubt

Polytechnic still do it

dometome:
that's not true, they don't, ok? It's all a ruse, U.S. nuclear weapons on a floppy? Hahahahahaha.

Well it was retired just last 2 years
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cnet.com/news/us-military-retires-floppy-disks-used-by-nuclear-weapons-system/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiEi5j31OHwAhWGmhQKHZXVA1kQFjAOegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw2ROEt87p8EDACAJ3NvI3V8

matrixme:

Well it was retired just last 2 years
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cnet.com/news/us-military-retires-floppy-disks-used-by-nuclear-weapons-system/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiEi5j31OHwAhWGmhQKHZXVA1kQFjAOegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw2ROEt87p8EDACAJ3NvI3V8

you see? When it comes to IT, two years is a very long time.

airsaylongcome:


Ignorance indeed is bliss. Better to keep quiet and be thought of as intelligent than open your mouth and remove all doubt

please What organizations put knowledge of Pasacal as a requirement on their wish list for potential employees, I don't know of any.

xenten:
Pascal programming language is a good introductory language to programming. It easy and can be used to teach all aspects of programming. Its better than BASIC language. By the way, there are modern variations of PASCAL like DELPHI.

Python is better, another one is PHP, JavaScript is another language that can be used, you see, the advantage is that, you can earn money even as a student. You don't have to wait to get a job after school, if you are a risky person, you might even decide to drop out and pursue the business full-time, and make big bucks, forget about the legacy languages. You should learn what is in high demand.

airsaylongcome:


Ignorance indeed is bliss. Better to keep quiet and be thought of as intelligent than open your mouth and remove all doubt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxKNH2gmdUc



This is just one video, they are many, not one for them mentioned Pascal. Now we know who is ignorant and who Is not.

I did FORTRAN 2011 at ABU Zaria.
I don't know if it's still taught there.

dometome:
Python is better, another one is PHP, JavaScript is another language that can be used, you see, the advantage is that, you can earn money even as a student. You don't have to wait to get a job after school, if you are a risky person, you might even decide to drop out and pursue the business full-time, and make big bucks, forget about the legacy languages. You should learn what is in high demand.

Have you used Pascal before? Do you know Delphi?