/prog/ - Theoretical CS vs Applied CS

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 1:41

Which is better

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 2:28

Java is better.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 4:53

I didn't know there was any difference. To me, CS is all theoretical.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 5:51

>>3
Yeah, computer science is embarrassed by the computer.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 10:52

Depends on what you want to do obviously. Theoretical CS is pretty small, topics and people wise, compared to applied. Theoretical is mainly complexity, algorithms (as in faster matrix multiplication etc), and languages. Applied is huuuge, from operating systems, networks, all kinds of systems, compilers, to AI, vision, linguistics.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 11:05

CS studies GC, therefore it sucks.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 11:33

In theoretical CS you use garbage collection to work on your toy projects and throw-away programs used for collecting information in order to write a paper. In applied CS, you don't use inefficient things like garbage collection, but instead manually manage your memory using linear arena/region allocators, thread-local free-list buckets and pool allocators to achieve maximum efficiency and low power consumption.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 11:33

>>5

I think there's more overlap there than you're implying. Like with vision for example. This uses a lot of matrix theory. And AI often uses logic and graph theory. I think I would count matrix theory, logical systems, and graph theory as under theoretical CS.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 11:57

Applied CS and Theoretical CS should theoretically be the same thing.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 12:02

Theoretical CS : rewriting C standard library for optimal program execution, proving optimization theorems.
Applied CS: using whatever works to write a prototype fast

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 12:02

>>7
>>6
I fucking hate you guys.

you focus on the single little thing and use that to judge the whole.

you are just like women

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 12:37

>>11
I'm in fact a girl ;)

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 12:56

>>8
Well the idea is that applied CS uses theoretical CS. Yes, matrix theory, logical systems, and graph theory is theoretical CS. Applied CS uses the results from the theory to construct whatever.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 19:48

the manual memory management faggot sucks dicks everyday

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 23:06

>>12
Out!

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 23:09

>>12
GTFO, don't show tits, just GTFO!

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 23:20

GC is shit.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-21 23:42

Exclusive GC is shit. GC is great.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 0:09

>>15,16
Back to /b/, please.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 3:34

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Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 4:15

Manually managing memory makes me feel like I am a good maid-programmer that doesn't want to use unnecessary memory on eir masters' computers. I feel dirty and disrespectful when using GC, and a good maid should always be proper and honest.
That's why I dislike GC.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 6:47

>>22
nice dubz and faggotry

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 8:36

>>18,23
Stop getting trolled, fucktard. I bet you're the same guy who replies to tdavis' posts.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 10:39

>>24
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Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 10:42

>>25
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Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 10:46

>>26
That's outrageously bigoted!! Good luck I found the report button down here, I bet you're in big trouble now!

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 12:07

The jews are after me.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 14:30

>>27
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Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 16:17

>>29
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Name: Anonymous 2011-09-22 18:46

>>30
lol y u mad?

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-23 3:23

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Name: Anonymous 2011-09-23 7:43

>>31
No.

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-23 10:01

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Name: Anonymous 2011-09-23 11:55

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Name: Anonymous 2011-09-25 2:22

>>23
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