60 math and science whiz kids go computer literate
Sixty high school students spend up to 12 hours daily in a NYU basement class learning six computer languages FORTRAN Basic Pascal SNOBOL Artspeak and COBOL They will build an air traffic control or missile guidance system and a tic tac toe program final projects cover robot control and language study with educators Mullish Gurel and Klein noting students outpace teachers and often gain early employment in computing.