SiCotty

Si,

I studied computer Science at Uni for 4 years and did a Diploma (BTec Computer Studies) before that. Most of the people who joined the computing degree did not even know how to program. I found that the first year was bringing them up to speed, the second year was more advanced and the final year was when it got difficult.

We did in the final year ADA, C, C++, Linux device driver programming, Operating system internals, Assembler (with those flight boards with the lights and fans), 3D Graphics, Image processing, Windows programming for both X and Microsoft, Distributed systems with TCP/IP networking in C, Real time systems and the worst which was AI (Total Crap). We also did a bit of Java but this was relatively new. Oh and we also had a final year project to write. One of my friends wrote a spectrum emulator in Java and I wrote a network management system in X with C.

I could have done things with oracle and SQL but this bored me to death. The trick was to see how much the course work counted towards the final exam. In some situations is was five percent so working you guts out to get an A over a C was worthless.

Si

[Edited by SiCotty - 12/6/2002 9:41:34 AM]

super_si

Just poped up to uni to see some mates and x-mas shopping. Bloody hell some the task's are outrageous

• using C++ write a program to simulate memory + a hard drive
• Write your own programming language
• make a complier
• Virtual machine
• Interpriter
• Java Swing assignments

I wouldnt fancy doing them!!

Scooby Dooby Blue

I'm studying Visual C++ just now at uni.
Not got to anything that complex yet. Seems fairly challenging for a uni module. Saying that, we've not been given our assessment project yet

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super_si

1st year i did we did Java, Assember Vb, Linux shell scripting.

Java was the main indepth language, i really regrett not passing my maths exams now. But my biggest regrett is not doing A Levels, the diploma doesnt prepare you for the intense course ahead

Si

super_si

Still its scary!! Pisses me off i arent doing it big time.

MarkO

None of that stuff looks too hard.

Although I'm not sure if I could write an interpriter.

chiark

I'm sure you could Mark - Super_si -> English

The compiler stuff is interesting and actually not that hard. Teaches you all sorts of potentially useful stuff about grammars that you never thought would be useful, but suddenly find exceptionally useful when you're looking at any computer language documentation.

The wierdest thing to get your head around on my course was Functional programming in ML. Real "paradigm shift" of thinking needed, but actually quite fun once you've worked out what the hell it's all about
Nick.

super_si

Haskal prolog stuff ? i touched that.


the memory sim. using moving pics i think would stump me.

The VM sounds hard aswell

chiark

I always thought Prolog was classified as a "logic" language, not strictly functional. It exhibits some of the characteristics, but not all... Could be wrong on that one tho.

Haskell is pure functional, so you'll have experienced the "fun" that that can bring . At a guess you implemented a quicksort algorithm? Fun, innit?

super_si

Yeah it was functional and logical programming

We did some weird algorithm , but i cant remember it. Might of been o and 'x.

Si