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Article #620879Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 04:49
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 04:49
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On 2/24/2018 8:35 AM, JimP wrote: > 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. > not (A and B) = (not A) or (not B) not (A or B) = (not A) and (not B) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Morgan%27s_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_De_Morgan -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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