There are exceptions. In the DSP realm, it's entirely possible for Olde Guys(TM) to have faced older generations of gear that will have led to a deeper understa

There are exceptions. In the DSP realm, it's entirely possible for Olde Guys(TM) to have faced older generations of gear that will have led to a deeper understanding of certain things. This is especially pronounced since MATLAB became the lingua franca for signals processing education. It's both a blessing and a curse - you can fit the appropriate MATLAB shenanigans into a lecture but it won't be the same as translating certain transforms into 'C'.