From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2131C4360C for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2019 03:36:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB33F21D81 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2019 03:36:09 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org BB33F21D81 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=vt.edu Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.92.2) (envelope-from ) id 1iFruO-0005fY-4I; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 23:36:04 -0400 Received: from omr2.cc.ipv6.vt.edu ([2607:b400:92:8400:0:33:fb76:806e] helo=omr2.cc.vt.edu) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92.2) (envelope-from ) id 1iFruM-0005fS-4S for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 23:36:02 -0400 Received: from mr5.cc.vt.edu (inbound.smtp.ipv6.vt.edu [IPv6:2607:b400:92:9:0:9d:8fcb:4116]) by omr2.cc.vt.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x933a1N3032277 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 23:36:01 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-f198.google.com (mail-qk1-f198.google.com [209.85.222.198]) by mr5.cc.vt.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id x933ZtLJ007657 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 23:36:01 -0400 Received: by mail-qk1-f198.google.com with SMTP id 10so1360243qka.2 for ; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:36:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:date:message-id; bh=ba5xk2iQdYc/MdsFNKUgB2v8Xe0m2qeOT7YBRRQZRoQ=; b=B3r7ed2dUo+U/iKjiQ0eO6nnQMfxSK3N1nHs0CVwK+3cIgVYemg1SFN8VpTdNReG2y 73bWDZMGKsuWCxNg+gpR/6O/8vX5i+Nzh9g1muf1Iy7pRpivrTVmRHo3CM/IIq5f8flh iC95V4CNGKarjJ7Qcz1TSjOJRyZp9ZQGEX+40+e8R0htlW88kFXi6WCDUXNcrO5VPDRP XK8n7d+A4ylRxbgcQM6ZGY4kkwwj4gY2HHNM/PO/+L/hprheXaomB3A/+ogOoRsMqixq GCM6pOt8cX5H+oRhjGSjxScXP/M6lEH4kx3bvoCgglK3jNs4ZF7Dgb2k2CYlFlaBBbUC JOyA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVLf0C7ug5ct63o7QvmFtWIP2swhvPykd/RtafpGHmFHMJdVPs7 gyAKhVu9OPGT07AezXKiS92W7WZtNUp9kMKv5AYHWpGVi8Ocqzkv6T2QNSKN5bcUNK3MKANlIDE vtdUH4R2Zl/f3o4fyLUFeXlCCcWK3+apaG1YK+a4= X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:131b:: with SMTP id o27mr2223193qkj.423.1570073755523; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:35:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzLwXq3wnc3inlk7Tn+TAVdZjHa0bfx9KhrX79I8OI+SO9Dbj12zboZ75yB3h7zPgJwIHrNDw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:131b:: with SMTP id o27mr2223176qkj.423.1570073755166; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:35:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from turing-police ([2601:5c0:c001:4341::9ca]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o52sm932208qtf.56.2019.10.02.20.35.53 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:35:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Google-Original-From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Mailer: exmh version 2.9.0 11/07/2018 with nmh-1.7+dev To: Ruben Safir Subject: Re: Do I need strong mathematical bases to work in the memory subsystem? In-Reply-To: <919b3d12-5d7e-73f1-d53f-b6a8463bf50b@mrbrklyn.com> References: <35772.1569819987@turing-police> <919b3d12-5d7e-73f1-d53f-b6a8463bf50b@mrbrklyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 23:35:52 -0400 Message-ID: <31773.1570073752@turing-police> Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2680020543353795062==" Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org --===============2680020543353795062== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1570073752_7127P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --==_Exmh_1570073752_7127P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 02 Oct 2019 21:47:42 -0400, Ruben Safir said: > I've heard this for years and when I went back for my PhD and Masters > degree in comp sci, I found out, low and behold, this is just not true. The question was specific to *kernel* development. Look around. Does Linus have a PhD? How many people at the last Kernel Plumber's or Kernel Summit have PhDs? I'm willing to bet that there's very few PhD's in CS listed in MAINTAINERS. And those that are, are probably coincidental... > If you hope to do anything that is not elementry, you need serious math > for the algorithms, not to mention to complete the jobs being done. > > Knowing math is the real key to unlocking to potential of the power of > computational mathmatics. If you're doing that sort of mathematics *inside the kernel*, there's probably something wrong with your overall design. 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