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Re:What every computer science major should know (2011) by arethuza on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @05:55AM (#20457891)
Who is to say that a particular topic is superfluous though - I did a maths heavy CS degree and that has helped a lot with subsequent work in engineering and finance.
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Re:What every computer science major should know (2011) by hatboat on Thursday July 18, 2019 @07:16PM (#20474914)
Because the article's title specifically states that every CS major should know those topics. Should every CS major know formal methods, AI, robotics... ?

Yes the heavy math you took was very helpful (and I personally agree as someone who did a CS heavy math degree), however as stated above the list should really be a minimum requirement. Anything extra is superfluous.

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