http://www.simonlin.ca/2007/02/20/computer-science-what/ A site by Simon Lin Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:59:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.simonlin.ca/2007/02/20/computer-science-what/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Vladimir Levin Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:42:43 +0000 http://www.simonlin.ca/2007/02/20/computer-science-what/#comment-25 <p>Hmm, actually the question sounds fairly reasonable to me. Binary is 0's and 1's and boolean is true and false. I don't think knowing the difference with respect to a particular database implementation has anything to do with one's programming knowledge; rather it has to do with the amount of experience one has with a particular database. Still, it would not be hard to find out the difference simply by looking up the reference info for the given database. From my university experience I would say that computer science tends to have little to do with programming! :)</p> Hmm, actually the question sounds fairly reasonable to me. Binary is 0’s and 1’s and boolean is true and false. I don’t think knowing the difference with respect to a particular database implementation has anything to do with one’s programming knowledge; rather it has to do with the amount of experience one has with a particular database. Still, it would not be hard to find out the difference simply by looking up the reference info for the given database. From my university experience I would say that computer science tends to have little to do with programming!

]]> http://www.simonlin.ca/2007/02/20/computer-science-what/comment-page-1/#comment-22 simon Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:20:04 +0000 http://www.simonlin.ca/2007/02/20/computer-science-what/#comment-22 <p>Wow. That was a fast reply. I guess by <em>computer science</em> I mean some basic programming knowledge. I have a degree in computer science but I by no means consider myself a <strong>computer scientist</strong>. I'm just suggesting people to learn the basics of programming first, especially if they develop websites for other people for a living.</p> Wow. That was a fast reply. I guess by computer science I mean some basic programming knowledge. I have a degree in computer science but I by no means consider myself a computer scientist. I’m just suggesting people to learn the basics of programming first, especially if they develop websites for other people for a living.

]]> http://www.simonlin.ca/2007/02/20/computer-science-what/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Trey Piepmeier Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:01:02 +0000 http://www.simonlin.ca/2007/02/20/computer-science-what/#comment-20 <p>Why do you need to be a computer scientist in order to play around with programming? We've all got to start somewhere, don't we?</p> Why do you need to be a computer scientist in order to play around with programming? We’ve all got to start somewhere, don’t we?

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