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Article #620887Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 05:09
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 05:09
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On 2/24/2018 2:53 AM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On 24 Feb 2018 01:22:22 GMT > Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> 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. >> >> Better still, a solid background in logic. Any programmer worth >> his salt should know about De Morgan's theorem, whether he knows >> its name or not. > > Both are essential, I'd also like to see some awareness of > algorithmic complexity. > That kind of thing was covered in Data Structures courses also... trees, sorting and searching, etc. Big O notation... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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