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		scotty79 on July 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do so few people major in computer science? (2... When I studied 50% dropped out after first year. Most after the first semester. It was solely because the course was very math heavy.

mixmastamyk on July 15, 2023 [–]

About half had dropped when we got to pointers in Turbo Pascal.

matwood on July 15, 2023 | [–]

Hah! Feel like we were in the same program.

The pointer abstraction is the first big mental leap in CS.

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