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- From: jahk@uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 09:02:10 GMT
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- Stuart.Johnston@Chrysalis.org writes:
-
- > I am specifically wondering about how much math I would
- > need. I don't really like to do math but I am fairly good at it.
-
- Proofs are useful for asserting that your results are valid, or that
- conditions can or cannot be caused by an algorithm or section of code.
-
- Some derivations can also save a lot of CPU time. Someone once asked
- me for some help with 3-D graphics. Rather than force the program to
- run through matrix calculations and equation solving, I worked out the
- problem by hand and simplified the answer. The result was a single
- expression for the solution (rather than a string of calculations) and
- a performance increase of many orders. While it's true that symbolic
- math programs can help, you need to know which techniques to apply and
- how to apply them effectively.
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- --
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- Jack Tan
- jahk@uiuc.edu
- [TEAM OS/2]
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