Lec 17 | MIT 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Fall 2008

[UltimateUniverse]

When he says "hugely important" when referring to the molecularity of classes, (35:20) the subtitles incorrectly say "usually Important."

[agapitoflores001]

Very interesting. I'll watch this video again.

[mclaarson]

as i heard from the news only a handful of guy did foretold it and after the crash ofc a lot of others aswell (you dont wanna look stupid in you own branch)

[Xb0x540]

20/20 hindsight. 

[mazterarius]

pylab looked like an incredible tool for making grahs. I might take a look at that before I try to learn TKinter (before I add wx).

[pryorka82]

Not that this has to do with computer science but when he said "no one could predict the 2008 market crash" I about flipped. Austrian economists knew it was going to happen and warned everyone. It was also very easy to see coming if you know actual economic principles. Ahhh it just drives me nuts that so many academics don't know these things, but hey he's a computer science guy so I understand. That's just my rant.

[Akavall]

@pryorka82 There is always somebody predicting a crash, and some people just a happen to get it right, ..sometimes..randomness. Austrian economists were wrong plenty of times. Dr. Guttag is exactly right about the stock market :).

[chrismwere]

I wish i had lectures like this at my uni. This guy is really good.

[jehugaleahsa]

This is a perfect example where people use object oriented programming incorrectly. The same example (minus the graph) can be written using a simple if/elif/elif/else statement in a loop that either increments of decrements one of two numbers. The example is long-winded and takes way too long to get the point. I pray no one designs code by picking out the nouns and thinking it will map perfectly into the problem domain. Geesh.

[teledynepost]

qwaza07: yes. apparently they do this in EVERY lecture (of this course)

[qwaza07]

At 12:05 did he give that kid a candy? That's why MIT is so prestigious.

[JamesMGG]

Plain awesomeness.