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Colleges now don't even bother to teach two's-complement. I learned two’s-complement in college. And at the least: one’s-complement, sign-magnitude, BCD, IEEE
by WalterGR 8y ago
Colleges now don't even bother to teach two's-complement.
I learned two’s-complement in college. And at the least: one’s-complement, sign-magnitude, BCD, IEEE floating point. And arithmetic on same.
Which colleges are you referring to?
- scintill76 8y agoI've been taught two's complement in multiple undergrad classes over the last ~8 years, including last semester. I've also been exposed to one's, sign-magnitude, and BCD.
- WhitneyLand 8y agoThe ones with programming courses. This is is just a guess, but the guess is you didn’t learn any of that in CS101. Sounds more EE related. Of course there’s often no clear dividing line between the two. Regatdless that’s assuming a full CS/EE undergrad program in either case. There are tons of people who takes courses, have careers, and all those boot camp style programs. Any way people can learn and develop skills is good, so I don’t suggest any of the above as lesser ways to learn. I’m just unaware of the concepts you mention being taught in typical 100-200 level courses that have emphasis on software programming or computer science.
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