On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 11:00, Jacob Fugal wrote: > Jacob Albretsen wrote: > > On Thursday 09 October 2003 11:05 am, Bryan Murdock wrote: > > > > > >>P.S. And if you are really debating between CS and Comp E. or EE, do > >>the Comp. E. or, EE. They put more hair on your chest :) > > > > > > I'll just put a plug in for physics and astronomy here. Are ya with me > > Danelle?!?!? > > I would sure hope that Danelle can't back up the "putting hair on your > chest" claim... > > More seriously, I completed Math and Physics minors in addition to my CS > major. I'd put many of my Math and CS classes above some of the Physics > classes, but also vice versa -- IMO, it all depends on the class, not > the discipline. I will agree that the Physics and engineering programs > have a higher proportion of difficult classes than the CS department > does, but I read that as an indication of room for improvement in the > department, not the discipline. CS done well and fully is just as > challenging/fun/difficult/<insert you adjective here> as any engineering > discipline. > I agree. It is definately the hardened, cynical professors of the ECEn dept. at BYU, and their unrealistic expectations (coupled with sadistic tendencies) that make the program more character building than any other on campus, not necessarily the difficulty of the material at all :)
On second thought, maybe doing things like calculating the reflection coefficient for a perpendicularly polarized electromagnetic wave passing from one material to another _is_ harder than, say, implementing the FAT-12 file system...I don't know but the FAT lab took me a lot longer to complete overall, so maybe not :) Bryan ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
