Formerly COMP_SCI 295. Students should NOT take this course if they have completed the AP Computer Science course or have substantial experience programming in languages such as Java, Python or C++.

Modern, safe programming languages such as Java and Python have become increasingly accepted for application-level programming, but for systems programming, which often requires precise, low-level ...

Python's ascendancy from the number-two slot, which it's held since knocking Java from the ... a coder with expertise in computer science or mastery of a particular programming language anymore.