>Studying calculus in particular makes little sens for compsci.
yeah it makes little sense if you don't want to be able to write programs that solve the world's major problems
so if you are content with writing cat picture apps, skip calculus
yeah it makes little sense if you don't want to be able to write programs that solve the world's major problems
so if you are content with writing cat picture apps, skip calculus
I think society is better off giving people the best means to achieve the intellectual goal they want, rather than forcing a greater number to learn beyond what they are compelled to. The kind of people I enjoy talking to are all the kind of people who would learn this stuff anyway as a matter of habit. My bookshelf is not full because of a state mandate.
If you want to write a CFD solver then you need a lot more than just blindly learnt calculus. If you want to blow up the world using fuzzily applied financial models then you might not.... (you do actually)
to understand the courses we need stats, linear, and some calc 3