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| forget my programming class. Seriously, forget it to hell. |
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| Tactical Nuke:
The class is college-grade stuff, and it's mandatory for engineers, yet I haven't seen anything yet unique to the programming language that can't be done through something like Excel. The professors pile work onto us that has to be done by the next lab, yet they'll waste half of the lab teaching us something completely irrelevant and because I have a ton of other classes and work to do, I have to get it all done the day it's due and not some time before. The final nail in the coffin was what just happened now. The programming language I'm using is loving stupid and I'm pretty sure almost crashed my computer. I typed in a function that was not made very clear in class (it's part of the HW) and instead of doing it correctly, it flooded my screen with infinite pop-ups that kept coming and slowing everything down, even though I tried closing the program out because it was acting weird, and it had said it stopped. I ultimately had to do a hard reset, FMFL. I don't know anymore, what do you guys think? |
| Swollow:
what kind of janky ass language |
| Tactical Nuke:
--- Quote from: Swollow on February 08, 2017, 05:02:16 AM ---what kind of janky ass language --- End quote --- It's called "Matlab". It's some special programming language for engineers or something IDFK either way I learned a little Java in high school and this seems about as confusing as when I first learned Java |
| Conan:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on February 08, 2017, 05:03:44 AM ---It's called "Matlab". It's some special programming language for engineers or something IDFK either way I learned a little Java in high school and this seems about as confusing as when I first learned Java --- End quote --- matlab is like standard in research labs worldwide. it can do math and graphing far better than excel can. tolerate it as there's a reason why this is still in use despite being more than 2 decades old. unless you believe scientists are fundamentally stupid... edit: i can't say anything about your class itself though. professors are always a hit and miss |
| Nickelob Ultra:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on February 08, 2017, 05:03:44 AM ---It's called "Matlab". It's some special programming language for engineers or something IDFK either way I learned a little Java in high school and this seems about as confusing as when I first learned Java --- End quote --- Matlab is a pretty great language, also what the forget exactly did you do to make it do as you said? Matlab is a language that literally deals in math on a programming level, so I'm highly inclined to believe it isn't the code's fault... In any case, Matlab is NOTHING like Java. The only similarities are basic fundamentals that many languages have (loops, control statements, etc.). Basic math things can be done in Excel but Matlab excels over Excel in doing anything complicated and calculus oriented. Excel probably has the same functionality now but it's Excel so it kinda sucks. I'm also going to assume that since it's mandatory for engineers, you're an engineering major, and you'll have classes down the line that require Matlab (we do at my school too, but a Matlab class isn't necessary though there is a 1-credit Matlab course I did take and got an A+). Better to get the hang of it now than later. Sounds also like this is going to be a class of self-teaching. |
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