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Re:Advice for Computer Science College Students by alanh on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @12:49AM (#1317105)
I am in a logic class that sounds just like the Dynamic Logic one Spolsky describes.

I hate it.

The homework two weeks ago? Prove that p = !!p. I gave up.

Re:Advice for Computer Science College Students by gte910h on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @05:38AM (#1317554)
Honestly, the logic and proofs of CS isn't a big deal on the proof side. However the big O issues and sorting are a big deal.

If you get into languages, the language part of the proofs are important, but only insomuch as recognizing/identifying if something can be parsed with an X or Y or Z.

Re:Advice for Computer Science College Students by warwick on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @01:16AM (#1317150)
Just claim to be an intuitionist. Depending on your profs sense of humour, it's a valid answer.
Re:Advice for Computer Science College Students by whimsy on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @04:16AM (#1317465)
Er... could you explain this?

I don't get it, I'm afraid =\

Re:Advice for Computer Science College Students by warwick on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @04:48AM (#1317499)
It's a reference to intuitionism, a constructivist approach to math and logic. Because the law of the excluded middle is disallowed in intuitionist proofs, you can't show what the parent comment was annoyed about.