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How I got a CS degree without learning what a system call is: http://jvns.ca/blog/2016/09/12/how-i-got-a-cs-degree-without-learning-what-a-system-call-is/ http:

by jvns 10y ago

How I got a CS degree without learning what a system call is: http://jvns.ca/blog/2016/09/12/how-i-got-a-cs-degree-without-learning-what-a-system-call-is/ http://jvns.ca/blog/2016/09/12/how-i-got-a-cs-degree-without...

bjz_ 10y ago
Damn, your degree looks like it must have been a ton of fun!
yoklov 10y ago
Those "UNIX BASICS + ASSEMBLY" courses are where I'd expect it in that list... Not sure how you could cover those without at least mentioning them.
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- untothebreach 10y ago
  I can't speak for jvns, but for my degree, "UNIX BASICS" was essentially "Command-line basics" (an intro class), and Assembly was pretty much just the actual language syntax, registers, pointers, and interrupts. The word "syscall" might have been mentioned once or twice, but only in a hand-wavy, "don't worry about this right now" kind of way.
  - iamcreasy 10y ago
    In my assembly course we wrote intel 3/4/586 assembly. It was all about Syntax and Registers. Why pointers will be there in an Assembly course?
    - untothebreach 10y ago
      mainly just, "how to deference the address you just got to get the value you want." Might be covered under the "syntax" heading as well, but the concept was still gone over for those that hadn't quite grokked it yet.
Ericson2314 10y ago
What were the 1-4 math classes? I also did Math+CS but haven't seen the upper level classes so named.
- jvns 10y ago
  for the algebra classes: there are complete course notes for all of them at http://www.math.mcgill.ca/goren/courses.html http://www.math.mcgill.ca/goren/courses.html. I took 3 algebra classes from him and it was great. very roughly: 1. groups & rings, 2. linear algebra, 3. more groups & monoids & rings, 4. galois theory for the analysis classes, very very roughly: 1. basics of analysis, the derivative, 2. the riemann integral, 3. metric spaces, 4. the lebesgue measure & integration
  - Ericson2314 10y ago
    Cool! I really like the 1-2 algebra order. My school and everywhetr else I've seen did linear first which I found dubious.
aidenn0 10y ago
I'm liking this; blog-posts on request :)

by jvns 10y ago

bjz_ 10y ago

Damn, your degree looks like it must have been a ton of fun!

yoklov 10y ago

Those "UNIX BASICS + ASSEMBLY" courses are where I'd expect it in that list... Not sure how you could cover those without at least mentioning them.

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untothebreach 10y ago
I can't speak for jvns, but for my degree, "UNIX BASICS" was essentially "Command-line basics" (an intro class), and Assembly was pretty much just the actual language syntax, registers, pointers, and interrupts. The word "syscall" might have been mentioned once or twice, but only in a hand-wavy, "don't worry about this right now" kind of way.
- iamcreasy 10y ago
  In my assembly course we wrote intel 3/4/586 assembly. It was all about Syntax and Registers. Why pointers will be there in an Assembly course?
  - untothebreach 10y ago
    mainly just, "how to deference the address you just got to get the value you want." Might be covered under the "syntax" heading as well, but the concept was still gone over for those that hadn't quite grokked it yet.

Ericson2314 10y ago

What were the 1-4 math classes? I also did Math+CS but haven't seen the upper level classes so named.

jvns 10y ago
for the algebra classes: there are complete course notes for all of them at http://www.math.mcgill.ca/goren/courses.html http://www.math.mcgill.ca/goren/courses.html. I took 3 algebra classes from him and it was great. very roughly: 1. groups & rings, 2. linear algebra, 3. more groups & monoids & rings, 4. galois theory for the analysis classes, very very roughly: 1. basics of analysis, the derivative, 2. the riemann integral, 3. metric spaces, 4. the lebesgue measure & integration
- Ericson2314 10y ago
  Cool! I really like the 1-2 algebra order. My school and everywhetr else I've seen did linear first which I found dubious.

aidenn0 10y ago

I'm liking this; blog-posts on request :)