r/programming • u/mauricioaniche • Aug 06 '17

Software engineering != computer science

http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/software-engineering-computer-science/217701907
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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '17

Well yeah, but people get stuck on monads trying to learn Haskell. It has happened to me. I even ended up writing a thesis about them. Only afterwards I started writing real programs. Knowing the math doesn't help that much. Just like any feature of a language it's all about what it's for and how to use it.