On 03/03/2018 12:24, mechanic wrote:
On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 11:59:39 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

If the student has to have a go at this, they might be minded to wonder
how circuit boards are actually made. A bit less magic, a bit more
reality.

Isn't that the usual complaint that schools teach people things that
were relevant a generation ago, not modern stuff? Same problem in
economics, physics and probably many other disciplines not just in
computer science.


They haven't changed the laws of physics for a while.
Computers haven't really changed much in the last few decades either.

Manufacturing has changed quite a bit.