My first programming class was Java. That was 8 years ago. Maybe the curriculum designers thought Java would be relevant for the workplace? The education system always lags several years behind industry trends.

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chrisofspades 4 days ago | parent [-]

My first programming was also Java. That was...27 years ago! That's some lag.

	▲	marklubi 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		> 27 years ago! Sometimes, I feel like I'm the only old guy on here. BASIC, VB6, .NET, and some Java along the way. Too many new ones to list, although that might be a whole other problem in itself.