MATLAB is an array programming language. It is good for matrix manipulation and number crunching. Python is general purpose that happens to have good packages. (And clean, easy to grasp, syntax.)
>for some reason indexes arrays starting at 1 Index-1 isn't that strange on technical languages. Fortran, APL, Wolfram, Julia are index-1. Lua, awk and Algol as well.
>CS attracting the stupidest people The problem is that most people cannot distinguish between computer science, computer engineering and software engineering. So they end up on math-heavy CS where they just wanted to be code monkeys (e.g. OP).
Jason Thomas
>then why do CS majors make so much more money than the average engineer of any type?
I'm a senior in CS, and during my time there, I've realized that the job market is so flourishing due to the code monkey jobs (say that's the majority of the industry). There's so much money for companies to make by integrating the latest programming technologies into their business (think things like big data, and in the future, AI).
All this stuff is generally the code monkey generalization, so I'm thinking of going to grad school to skip some of the more mundane work that CS majors generally receive post BS. I'm hoping after that, I'll have a more scientifically satisfying job. I'm a brainlet so i kinda cba a PhD and going full autism.
Ayden Thomas
Software engineering is about embedded systems and other control systems manufacturing.
Why do so many ignorant people like you always feel a need to comment?
Justin Barnes
Computer Science isn't only about coding. It also involves some math
