POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Frustration : Re: Frustration Server Time
6 Sep 2024 11:17:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Frustration  
From: Darren New
Date: 16 Jan 2009 12:18:03
Message: <4970c14b$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> why shouldn't you need to know predicate calculus, 
> abstract algebra and set theory to be a computer programmer?
> 
> Seriously, WTF??

Honestly, that makes sense to me. Maybe not set theory as such, but the 
other two are basically what a computer program is made out of. I never 
understood why people thought calculus was worthwhile for computer 
programming.  (Domain knowledge, sure, but not programming.)

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
   There aren't any trees on Mars.


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.