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Article #620880Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 14:18
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 14:18
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Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote: > 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 > As a beginning programmer I had some trouble with this. I think I've got it now;-) -- Pete
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