Quote Originally Posted by fragle
When i first came they've just switched from teaching pascal to c++/java hybrid, but apart from those classes, one can write his projects in almost anything he wants
I teach computer graphics, and I have, officially, the same principle for project work, but the students hardly dares to believe it. They even ask whether they can use C++ classes (which the C labs don't). When a student humbly asks if he/she can use Delphi, despite the fact that the labs are Java and C, I more than approve. I try to give them a hint about my opinion - use what makes them productive, and why shouldn't they use the best if they are among those who understand it?

But the computer support is a problem. I had a student this winter who had only used Turbo Pascal. Fine, I said, then he should be happy with FPC, right? Sure... if the support hadn't refused to install it. :x