<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> As a former CS student, I get what you're saying, but I also know that would just have given me bad ideas.</p><p>I think the standard curriculum is quite good at illustrating the downsides of excessive complexity. I see it as more of a social issue: Programmers adding frills to show others that they are Very Smart. Wait … is that exactly what you're talking about? I would have benefited a lot from a course like that.</p>
