I took courses in a bunch of languages including a FUCKING AWESOME assembly-language course with a professor who really know what the hell he was talking about. (I swear this guy was straight out of the front-panel-switch days, he knew all the cycle counts and affected registers/flags for the whole x86 instruction set) Plus a couple of logic courses, too. No degree, but I do have a few throwaway certs (A+, Net+, Sec+).
One of my profs admitted that I knew more than he ever would about programming. That's when I realized that college is a waste of time.
>>9
And your contribution to this forum is what, now?
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Anonymous2009-04-01 7:48
Two years of highschool Pascal.This year I'll be going to college-I hope.
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Anonymous2009-04-01 7:51
Third year of CS, plus lots and lots of self-study.
You need a few years of formal education, I think, to cover basics you wouldn't bother with on your own but which turn out to be important. Too many self-proclaimed ``autodidacts'' turn out to have gross deficiencies in basic areas.
IM COMPUTER SCIENCE
DO YOU WANT ATTRIBUTE GRAMMARS?
DO YOU WANT WEAKEST PRECONDITION?
FUCKING JAVA
JAVA IS A BORING LANGUAGE
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Anonymous2009-04-01 7:56
>>12
such as? (actually would like you to point them out if possible)
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Anonymous2009-04-01 8:08
>>15
GOTO is harmful
Access to real CS brains
Turing completion / complexity theory
Object oriented Programming
Functional programming etc
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Anonymous2009-04-01 9:22
3 years of CS/SE (in soviet rushka those usually aren't separated). I wish I went to biochemistry or linguistics instead because I wasn't taught anything useful that I didn't know prior to going to class.
Functional programming in Java University?
It's more likely than you think. Just goes to show that you're unaware of the capabilities of Java. (Aside from being needlessly verbose and obtuse)
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Anonymous2009-04-01 14:30
>>19
It's like saying: My imaginary girlfriend can be deep (except when she's talking). That goes for functional programming with Sepples too.
>>25
Well, you know what they say about large fingers. >>24 should be a basketball player.
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Anonymous2009-04-01 18:45
>>25
Well, you know what they say about large fingers. >>24 is the Sussman.
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Anonymous2009-04-01 18:58
Absolutely none. I programmed as a hobby, but got a Master's degree in mathematics. When I realized that there weren't that many jobs that demanded pure math skills, I thought I may as well go for a job in programming.
The upside is that I find the math side of programming a breeze, but the downside is that I normally have to spend a really long time learning how to use a certain language, since I never learned about general programming topics that you would understand if you took a CS course.