Re: EE or CS?

Newsgroups	comp.programming
Date	2013-02-20 18:59 -0800
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Subject	Re: EE or CS?
From	Dan <dantex1@aol.com>

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On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:16:30 AM UTC-8, Rui Maciel wrote:
> Dan wrote:
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> > I've never heard that.   However...  there is no reason I can think of to
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> > believe that a computer programmer should know anything at all about
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> > electrical engineering.  On the flip side, an electrical engineer should
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> > know at least a 'little bit' about programming simply because a minor bit
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> > of programming is usually required as part of an engineering degree
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> > program.
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> Software is developed to run specifically on electrical machines.  These 
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> electrical machines are developed specifically to run software.  Although it 
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> is possible to develop software without paying any attention to the 
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> underlying machine, nowadays there is a significant number of jobs which 
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> specifically require people that have a strong background in both areas of 
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> expertise, because they do need those skills to be able to do their job.
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> Rui Maciel

I totally agree that knowing something about the underlying machine can only be helpful... and for some (not most) applications, is tantamount to creating good software.  However,  that still has nothing to do with electrical engineering.  I truly do need an electrical engineer to design a computer.  However, once designed and built...  I no longer need him (well.. unless my computer breaks).  I can write fast executing, memory efficient, maintainable code all day long (even highly technical number-crunching engineering software) all while not having a clue about the underlying electrical workings of the computer I am using.   Now...  I believe that I DO have to have a decent understanding of the language I'm using and something about how that language is implemented to write all that nice, efficient code.  However, once again...  I don't see where electrical engineering has anything to do with my understanding of the language I'm using.

Anyway...  as an engineer who programs (rather than a programmer who engineers) that's just my take on it.

Dan   :-)

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EE or CS? bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2013-01-08 09:28 -0800
  Re: EE or CS? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-01-08 10:41 -0800
  Re: EE or CS? "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2013-01-08 21:41 +0100
    Re: EE or CS? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-01-08 20:50 +0000
      Re: EE or CS? "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2013-01-08 22:25 +0100
        Re: EE or CS? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-01-08 21:35 +0000
          Re: EE or CS? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-01-08 22:51 +0000
            Re: EE or CS? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-01-08 23:23 +0000
              Re: EE or CS? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-01-08 23:31 +0000
                Re: EE or CS? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-09 12:58 +1300
                Re: EE or CS? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-01-09 01:35 +0000
                Re: EE or CS? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-01-09 02:13 +0000
                Re: EE or CS? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-01-09 11:28 +0000
                Re: EE or CS? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-01-09 12:51 +0000
                Re: EE or CS? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-09 23:52 -0600
                Re: EE or CS? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-01-10 12:04 +0000
                Re: EE or CS? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-10 14:28 -0600
                Re: EE or CS? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-01-10 21:58 +0000
                Re: EE or CS? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-10 18:25 -0600
                Re: EE or CS? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2013-01-09 05:35 -0800
                Re: EE or CS? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-09 22:43 -0600
                Re: EE or CS? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-01-10 12:22 +0000
                Re: EE or CS? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-10 14:20 -0600
    Re: EE or CS? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-09 22:15 -0600
  Re: EE or CS? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-09 10:19 +1300
  Re: EE or CS? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2013-01-08 22:54 +0000
  Re: EE or CS? Robert Miles <robertmilesxyz@gmail.com> - 2013-01-12 16:26 -0800
  Re: EE or CS? Dan <dantex1@aol.com> - 2013-02-19 19:12 -0800
    Re: EE or CS? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 09:16 +0000
      Re: EE or CS? Dan <dantex1@aol.com> - 2013-02-20 18:59 -0800
        Re: EE or CS? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-02-21 16:40 +1300
          Re: EE or CS? "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2013-02-21 11:45 +0100
          Re: EE or CS? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-02-21 11:45 +0000
        Re: EE or CS? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-02-21 07:36 +0000

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