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I'm about to finish up my CS degree and I couldn't implement most algorithms and data structures without looking them up. I know nothing about compilers. Never

by nso95 8y ago

I'm about to finish up my CS degree and I couldn't implement most algorithms and data structures without looking them up. I know nothing about compilers. Never taken such a course.

linuxlizard 8y ago
Compilers are a lot of fun; I did compilers in grad school. I regret not taking more EE courses. I would expect we all think about the classes we wanted to take but didn't. :-/
- w0m 8y ago
  100% agreed. 18 y/o me was an idiot; i'd have done thing significantly differently.
  - always_good 8y ago
    Frankly, had I known I would be where I am today by my own whims, I would've majored in something like philosophy, not taken more compsci courses.
    - kazinator 8y ago
      I wonder how things would have gone if I had gotten into Lisp right in 1982, instead of 2000.
    - meko 8y ago
      Here I am, a (floabt) poliSci+=econ major, wishing I had been in CS. I don't truly regret it though, I think it gives me a unique perspective.
kazinator 8y ago
Except for perhaps the most trivial ones, and ones that exist in many variations, you shouldn't implement algorithms and data structures without looking them up. I would add, without looking them up from more than one source.