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Programming is it difficult?

I love to learn, and so go on attending online courses at Coursera (For some strange reason I enjoy Coursera more than Edx!!) In a course I am doing, there was an essay we were supposed to write, about why programming is difficult? Well, I want to give an honest answer! So here it comes. I was first introduced to programming in the year 1993 during my second year of under-graduate course, and the first language I learned was FORTRAN 77. For me it was love at first sight. I cannot remember a single moment when I felt programming is difficult. Those were the days of sequential programming, DOS operating system and a specialized air-conditioned computer lab in the college. There was no internet, no emails, no android!! I remember my friends struggling with programming, trying to mug up programs!!! But for me, from day one it was like me and computer understand each other. I know how to tell 'him' to do the work I want, and 'he' always obeys. I always had belief th...

AI with Human

Web is abuzz with the win of AlphaGo , a Google computer program that has defeated Lee Sedol, a professional Go player of rank 9-dan rank in a Game of Go, played in Seoul, South Korea on 15th March 2016. While all AI enthusiasts are happy about it, there are many who are predicting AI doomsday. Future is still far ahead, and perhaps still depends on how we shape the policies regarding AI development. Let us first explore the technology behind this win, and also peep into the recent history for similar games. Go is a strategy game almost 2500 years old, while the rules of game are simple the strategy possibilities make it complex. It is one of the oldest board games. Aim of the game is to cover larger area of the board with one's own colored stone. The standard size of board is 19x19. Game of Go has an enormous search space thus increasing the difficulty of evaluating board positions and moves. It is much more complex in term of strategy as compared to ches...

Ghost of FYUP

The only B.Tech batch of DU, the so enrolled FYUP (2013-2017) now has another hurdle: the one year research project. The project work is spread in both VII and VIII semesters, and carries in total 300 marks out of total of 1200. Ideally, the students should get time slots in the labs to do their work, and for proper guidance by teacher, it should be also reflected in teacher's workload. Department of Electronics, under good faith, has made specific guidelines to ensure proper running of these projects. The issue is will these guidelines be implemented in totality by the Principals/TICs, who are using different tactics to reduce the workload due to projects, some common being: Give them to guest (Money matters one guest =four periods=Rs 1000 per week). Will a guest be able to do justice is another matter. If a permanent faculty is ready to take projects, then forcing them to increase their workload from prescribed 14/16. This in essence makes permanent faculty...

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