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Should I go back to school to do computers if I have an MA degree? [closed]
I'm new to the forum so I will take this question down if it's not considered a good one. Thanks for your patience.
Can I do computer programming at a major company with an MA in Political Science if ...
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Python is slowly replacing C in universities. Does this move degrade the quality of CS students? [closed]
I believe learning C is one of the most important aspects for any programmer. It's a beautiful combination of a high and low level language. Some universities are moving to stop teaching C in the ...
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Why is the c family the standard CS study regiment for Mathematics/CS programs instead of the LISP family?
I have been familiarizing myself with LISP for self improvement purposes. One of the things I have noticed is that LISP is much more within the paradigm of Mathematics than say C. The syntax and ...
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what counts as “experience” with a particular language?
I'm a CS student currently in the process of looking for summer internships, specifically because I want to develop apps for Android and/or iOS. When looking over requirements for various ...
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Which version of C should I learn?
It looks like K&R "C Programming Language (2nd Edition)" covers ANSI C, but another book that I'm starting (Stephen G. Kochan "Programming in C") says that it uses C99.
I'm coming from a ...
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Is learning how to use C (or C++) a requirement in order to be a good (excellent) programmer?
When I first started to learn how to program, real programmers could write assembly in their sleep. Any serious schooling in computer science would include a hefty bit of training and practice in ...
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Low level programming - what's in it for me?
For years I have considered digging into what I consider "low level" languages. For me this means C and assembly. However I had no time for this yet, nor has it EVER been neccessary.
Now because I ...
