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Monthly Archives: January 2008

In Defense Of Computer Science

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Very good post from Paper Trail:
So why study computer science? The job prospects at the end are usually pretty good - because, if nothing else, you can become a pretty good software developer fairly quickly - but they are unknown. My argument is that the study of computer science is enough of an incentive enough [...]

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The programmers of tomorrow

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

A recent article written by Dr. Robert B.K. Dewar and Dr. Edmond Schonberg (both from AdaCore Inc.) is generating some discussion on the state of Computer Science (CS) education in the United States. In “Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?“, Dewar and Schonberg claim that U.S. universities are training unqualified and [...]

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A square grid path problem

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Last November I have solved Problem 15 of Project Euler (a counting problem involving paths in square grids), and, although the problem admits a simple solution, some of the solutions presented in their forums are very complicated. Thus, I thought it would be a good idea to present my solution, as I consider it very [...]

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