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Article #620872Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: JimP
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:35
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On 24 Feb 2018 08:29:08 GMT, Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> wrote: >On Sat, 2018-02-24, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On 2018-02-23, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: >> >>> Personally, I think all programmers, whatever their specialty, >>> should have a solid background in algebra. IMHO, if someone >>> is weak in algebra, they'll be a weak programmer. > >That's the stance my university took, around 1990. You didn't get to >do computer science until after some hefty maths courses (where most >of the students dropped off). > >> Better still, a solid background in logic. > >I think of it as having a talent for working within systems of rules. >Maths is a good way to exercise that talent. I suppose board games >are too, but I'm a lousy player. > >But I'm not sure ... nowadays I tend to think of programming as a >craft. I never used much of my formal training, and some of the best >programmers I've worked with had none. > >> Any programmer worth his salt should know about De Morgan's theorem, >> whether he knows its name or not. > >I had forgotten the name, but yes. > >/Jorgen I looked it up... never used it in any programming class, and never used it to repair a computer. I had to take a math minor so I probably had it in algebra. Don't remember it from the calculus classes I took, I have gladly forgotten my calculus.
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