Re: university studies?

From: Ian Stirling (root@mauve.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Aug 01 2001 - 09:12:19 EST


>
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 08:06:16AM +0100, Riley Williams wrote:
> > Personally, I did "B.Sc. Computer Studies", but I suspect the actual
> > course title is irrelevant, and it's the modules you do in the course
> > that matter. Here's what I would regard as important:
> >
> > 1. A thorough knowledge of programming in C. Knowledge of C++
> > will help.
> >
> > 2. Experience of programming hardware will definitely help.
> >
> > 3. The ability to think logically is a definite advantage, and
> > tends to result in 90%+ of your programs working first time.
> >
> > Additions, anybody?
>
> A couple of good books also helps:

Maths.
Can help lots in the generation of algorithms, for example
proving that one faster way of doing something is identical
to a slower way.
Knowing the maths behind the algorithms can lead to ways to
speed things up by orders of magnitude in some cases.

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