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Well, this was "intro to programming for engineers" so every engineering specialty (mechanical, biomedical, aerospace, you name it) took this class, and its mai
by neutronicus 10y ago
Well, this was "intro to programming for engineers" so every engineering specialty (mechanical, biomedical, aerospace, you name it) took this class, and its main purpose was to ensure that they'd be MATLAB-literate for subsequent courses, with C-literacy kind of a bonus that'd serve them well if they wandered into some area where it was necessary.
- planteen 10y agoWas this Georgia Tech by chance? When I was there, the "full" intro to CS for CS, EE, CmpE was in Scheme. But for all other engineers, it was MATLAB with no C.
- neutronicus 10y agoNah, Michigan.
- R_haterade 10y agoSurprised it wasn't UT Austin. You just can't make it through modern engineering if you can't use _matlab_, and it's easy if you've already finished C. Old YTMND jokes aside, I did it this way too, and didn't learn to enjoy computing for a long time after that.