Math skills required for Computer Science/Game Programming

[C4rnage]

you sure require alot of math, but all calculus/algebra/physics/math you learn, not everything you will use and many times u cant just use exacly what you learned, you need to create algorithm to do that.

[reevezy67]

[QUOTE=GVG-Vit;34010769]I miss GOTOs. <3
By the way, I've forgotten to put C# near C++ and Java. It's pretty much like Java and salaries are equal, but I've heard Silverlight 5 is the latest version and there won't be any new versions, so no in-browser frontend for C#. Same thing with Adobe Flex 4.6, it is the latest version. HTML5 killed them all.[/QUOTE]

Yeah unfortunate.

[Ploo]

A bit off topic but probably more appropriate to write here than to start a new thread.

I'm really unsure on what to do at uni. I'm looking at Computer Science but at the same time joint Maths & Comp Sci looks appealing. I'm also looking at doing pure mathematics but I doubt I'll live through that. The benefit of the joint course is the fact I can drop one of them in the first year or something. Would give me a bit of a taste for both.

[ROBO_DONUT]

[QUOTE=GVG-Vit;34010769]HTML5 killed them all.[/QUOTE]
Good.
That's how it should be. I'll take a proper standard over a mess of proprietary platforms any day.

[reevezy67]

[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;34019981]Good.
That's how it should be. I'll take a proper standard over a mess of proprietary platforms any day.[/QUOTE]

When you put it that way it does seem like a good thing. Might actually motivate me to give it a go at some point.

[Tukimoshi]

Algebra. Database Theory, Trigonometry. Roots, Logarithms, Natural Logarithms, Exponential Growth, Geometry (See: Trigonometry), Calculus.

[Jinx786]

IMO its good to know both C++ and one of other languages like java, C#, python. If you want something really fast, go with C++ or C, otherwise, save yourself the trouble of debugging long hours and use the rest :D
I remember how I was dying last year working on my C homeworks. I was used to java telling me every mistake I made... then C... you didnt even know you have indexOutOfBounds or NULL pointer >.<

[FalconKrunch]

[QUOTE=Jinx786;34046872]IMO its good to know both C++ and one of other languages like java, C#, python. If you want something really fast, go with C++ or C, otherwise, save yourself the trouble of debugging long hours and use the rest :D
I remember how I was dying last year working on my C homeworks. I was used to java telling me every mistake I made... then C... you didnt even know you have indexOutOfBounds or NULL pointer >.<[/QUOTE]

All depends on your IDE.

[20k]

[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;34056056]All depends on your IDE.[/QUOTE]

I don't think any ide will perform out of bounds checks and null pointer checks?

[Jinx786]

[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;34056056]All depends on your IDE.[/QUOTE]
Partially, but also interpreter vs. compiler plays a big role here.

[Jetsurf]

[QUOTE=Jinx786;34046872]IMO its good to know both C++ and one of other languages like java, C#, python. If you want something really fast, go with C++ or C, otherwise, save yourself the trouble of debugging long hours and use the rest :D
I remember how I was dying last year working on my C homeworks. I was used to java telling me every mistake I made... then C... you didnt even know you have indexOutOfBounds or NULL pointer >.<[/QUOTE]

This is the EXACT reason I enjoyed my C programming homework over ANY java assignment I have had. C makes you think a bit more; and in turn, this made my programming style much better as I learned from the common mistakes I made in C and brought that knowledge to higher level languages.

[20k]

[QUOTE=Jetsurf;34066162]This is the EXACT reason I enjoyed my C programming homework over ANY java assignment I have had. C makes you think a bit more; and in turn, this made my programming style much better as I learned from the common mistakes I made in C and brought that knowledge to higher level languages.[/QUOTE]

This is pretty much the reason why i stuck to C++. I personally enjoy the challenge of having to control the system yourself (to a reasonable extent), rather than have something do it all for you (java memory management)

[Mr. Bleak]

Don't mean to revive a dead thread, but I had another question relating to this. I'm in an online highschool and as a result the math department is a bit... lacking. I struggled last year with Pre-Calculus and I'm having some trouble with AP Statistics, mainly because there's no teacher instruction, so I was wondering how effective the colleges are at getting us "back up to speed", as you say, during the first year of college. I'm taking Calculus next year and I'm not having the highest of expectations for myself, so I was looking for some reassurance that I wouldn't be absolutely ruined in college.

Any input?

[Topgamer7]

They will go through the basics of high school math, chem bio, w/e course it is. (Very quickly I might add). Then proceed to teach you the new material.

You'll be fine, but don't expect your professors to be teachers (at least if you go to a university).

[Jinx786]

Expect many "..but you already did this in secondary school so you should know it"s

[UchihaItachi]

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