Help surviving Uni

So next year I'm going University for a BSc in Mathematics with a minor in computer science. I am pretty decent with C/C++, but the problem is the computer science subjects I have to take are all python and Java. Any tips on how I will survive my first year?

Do all your homework in C

def main(*argv): #{
    print 'Python is more or less like C'
    return 0
#}

>>1
Write them in C and use a C/Java/Python converter.

Let them teach you Java because one of the first modules you will take is basically Java tutorials.

I got the best grade in both Java and Seshrup classes and was exempt from both exams, yet I don't know shit about either language. The trick works as follows:
1) Read SICP. No, seriously, read the fucking wizard book. The plan doesn't work without it.
2) Write some hello worlds and fibs in Java, get comfortable with the shitty IDE you're forced to use.
3) Before each lab, try to get a general idea what you'll be doing and write yourself a program related to that.
4) Enter the lab, get your assignment, write two or three programs in half an hour, get out nonchalantly like the champion you are.

Remember that being an idiot precludes you from using this plan.

>>6
You helped him

>>7
Advising someone to read SICP never counts as help, even if it's an appropriate advice.

>>8
Wait, what?

>>1
Any tips on how I will survive my first year?

Don't die.

1>>
Avoid Java when possible
Embrace Python when possible

>>9
It's because it's just common sense. Anyone who is stuck should think ``I know, I'll read SICP'', now they have n problems and if not, or if they have to be reminded to do so, then they are beyond help.

>>12
They'll resolve their problems recursively, by conjuring the spirits of the computer with a spell.

>>1
You're only running one real risk. Python and Java are going to be so much better than C++ (and more appropriate for most purposes than C) that you'll be tempted to think they're great languages. Don't fall for it.

C/C++
Never write this again.

You could do it greedily in O(n) time by always surviving to the next day.

learn ruby . it's a joy to use

>>16
learn ruby . it's a toy to use
FTFY.

Well, apart from the capitalisation and punctuation.

>>17
You've fixed one of its issues, you can now close that ticket. It's just not quite ready to put into production yet.

>>1
Take challenge exams and skip the first year bullshit.

>>19
Sounds like a plan

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