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Dinosaur

Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:15 pm


Introductory computer science course

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Hi, im taking an introductory computer science course at a University.  One of the pre-requisites is knowing the basic knowledge of computer programming including "arithmetic expressions".  To what extent do you think you have to know this?  Instructors are so vague on this issue.


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HeavenAgain

Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:28 pm


RE:Introductory computer science course

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if i am not wrong, "arithmetic expressions" its the REALLY basic, and to what extent? well... you gotta apply this almost everywhere when you dealing with programming or just math/logic (which is programming)...
so obviously you gotta be comfortable with it in your language which you are learning
just curious, what major are you taking? is this course a must or just for fun? and what university? :)


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Tony

Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:58 pm


Re: Introductory computer science course

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To what extent do you think you have to know this?
Whatever you can type into your calculator, you should be able to type for your computer. + - * / ^ sqrt, etc. Constants and variables are probably good too.