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despite all my rage IT keeps me trapped like a rat in a cage. (mander.xyz)

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[-] Auzy@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I did computer science, and we used MIPS Assembly..

I ask you, when has anyone EVER wanted to use a MIPS processor lol.

Also, for AI, we were forced to use LISP, which the lecturer didn't teach. He graded us using a poorly written script, and if your program crashed his script, he gave you 0. You only got 1 attempt. But, when is the last time, ANYONE has used LISP either lol

And Perl.. And PHP, etc

[-] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

MIPS is RISC type and more open that x86 or ARM. I guess this is why they teach it. Also I heard that some universities/schools starts teaching RISC-V more and more because of just that.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

If you dont understand why the specific instruction set you studied isnt the point you should maybe po back to school.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

Snarky but true. MIPS actually is common in network equipment. It's niche, but not completely unused. Also, it's really an excellent instruction set for teaching.

[-] Auzy@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That is true.. However, I guess I'm a bit salty we didn't do ARM instead

That being said, admittedly, I've never used assembly again anyway lol (except once, for reverse engineering something)

[-] Auzy@beehaw.org 0 points 10 months ago

Mobile phones like the N97 were already using ARM.. Whilst it might have been about learning the algorithms, one could argue considering the cost of university that we should at least get taught on the best platform (obviously RISC based in this case).

One could make the same argument about anything though. I could argue they shouldn't have even taught X86 architecture, and taught TempleOS instead of Unix Tools (after all, it's NOT the point). The point is to learn, but it is also to avoid double learning AFTER uni too.

I will give them props for at least teaching us OpenGL at the time instead of Glide (that was a good decision).

[-] lichtmetzger@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

PHP is pretty cool if you know what you're doing and use its modern, object-oriented features. It's also very easy to write horrendous spaghetti code with it, which is what most people sadly do and give it a bad rap.