All the OO languages tend to blend together after a time, and I find it mostly a nuisance to recall the details of syntax--and remember which one I am programming in at any given time. Java and C++...

I have not seen a CS degree as a pre-requisite to this phenomenen which I normally see in middleware groups. :)

If you want to crank out a lot of functionality and don't want to spend too much time learning details, its hard to beat visual basic. Maybe c#, I haven't used it--like a bran cereal, it is better...

I got the practical degree but I wish I had gotten the more rigorous and theoretical one. Now I am studying it on my own.

Everybody will get a programming job who wants one. I suspect the ones...

The code sample above looks about right.

I just remembered, .net has a timespan object does this--among other things. You will need to verify that the month and day are taken into account with it...

My original choice of words was regrettably ambiguous. My college has a comparative languages course that does enough generalizing that it ought to take the edge off of learning a new language....

Please elaborate. I found the comparative languages text to have a pretty good coverage of some different approaches--not sad quite yet.

I have never gotten a degree that requires a dissertation, but I have the impression that one gets an advisor for it who is essential to its success. I would think that one would first get an...

I haven't heard the word 'wordstar' in a few decades. :) Like VI, its users tended to bond to it emotionally, having learned all the hot-key combinations. I think it lost traction in the transition...

My own experience is that I got into the market while others were perhaps getting degrees, and after 25 years, I am going back to school to get some math and theoretical background that I find...

My impression is that someone with the computer science degree would be able to perform the same tasks as the one with the MIS or software engineering degree, but not vice-versa. I see CS as being...

I found miktex, a free windows latex, combined with texnic, a front end gui editor, to work nicely on windows and for no cost! Install miktex first and then the texnic. Works great! I use the...

Interesting question. Since I have a lot of years and languages under my belt, I do not overly concern myself about which language is being used, though I have my preferences.

I think C++ is a...

My impression is that the math will be the most useful to take first. Not sure if data structures overlaps, but when I have looked at algorithm books, I have noticed a lot of math background is...