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

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...

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Published in:SIGCSE bulletin 2001-06, Vol.33 (2), p.51-54
Main Author: Golub, Evan
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary: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?
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/571922.571955