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My wife spent a few years in an aerospace engineering major, and I was quite confused when she ended up in a "C++ For Engineers" class. C++? Really? For engi
by jcromartie 18y ago
My wife spent a few years in an aerospace engineering major, and I was quite confused when she ended up in a "C++ For Engineers" class. C++? Really? For engineers? They don't even teach C++ to comp sci students anymore.
Why not Python or something where they can just crunch numbers and write programs instead of learning how to navigate the minefield that is the C preprocessor and the C++ STL?
- Tamerlin 18y ago"They don't even teach C++ to comp sci students anymore." I've been wondering about that one for a while now, because throughout my career as a software developer, some of the worst programmers I've encountered have been people with comp sci degrees.
- jmatt 18y agosoftware for embedded systems is still in C and C++ and that is generally what engineers care about when they are coding. I agree it sucks, and it's too bad they can't move away from it sooner rather than later. Probably a great niche for any number of programming languages - if you can ever get the big multi-nationals and military to adopt it.
- rbanffy 18y agoC is next to ideal for low-level programming. Its many traps and pitfalls are actually advantages in this scenario.
- run4yourlives 18y agoFor learning all the crazy and bad things you can do with programming languages, C++ can't be beat.