PC-based development environments and a Unix-centric curriculum: some practical issues

  • Authors:
  • Evan Golub

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Maryland College Park, Maryland

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

As computers have become a more common household item, computer science students are able to work at home rather than in campus labs. At institutions that have Unix-centric resources, students are able to use these home computers to connect to campus machines remotely. However, some students want to use a PC-based development environment rather than the ones available under Unix. Do they gain an advantage? Are there problems that they will encounter when they bring their program into the Unix environment?