• @force@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    13 months ago

    How do you have computer science without calculus? Calculus is literally necessary for computer science, otherwise it’d just be like… shitty statistics with a little programming

    • @Miaou@jlai.lu
      link
      fedilink
      English
      73 months ago

      Care to expand? Things like complexity theory and type theory, for example, have nothing to do with calculus

      • @force@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        13 months ago

        In general, a lot of the stuff computer science shares with data science uses calculus, a lot of the statistics too, but also visuals and modelling other sciences (e.g. simulations) use calculus heavily. I recall utilising vector calc a decent amount when working with Vulkan, for example

        • @Miaou@jlai.lu
          link
          fedilink
          English
          13 months ago

          Sounds like programming more than CS, in that case, fair enough. Also the linear algebra in computer graphics is, well, algebra, not calculus.

    • @AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      23 months ago

      It would be inelegant as all fuck, but you could get away with just algebra, there are comp sci courses that only need algebra as the foundation.

      • @force@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        23 months ago

        as far as i can tell, the ones that do that are usually just programming courses with “computer science” slapped onto the title. but i havent exactly gone to many colleges so i don’t have the experience to say so.