[epsylon]

> I agree about the pile of EE stuff, but it's not unlike having to learn a pile of math to work on, say, graphics

If you're thinking about CGI, honestly I'd say that the maths really isn't that hard. Most of it is basic linear algebra and a bit of signal processing.

I might be biased in saying that (because I have a solid maths background as well as a computer graphics one) ; but I've done a lot of electronics as well (including working on FPGAs) and I still feel that EE is a whole different world.

(Off-topic: I realized that you were the guy behind the C++ FQA. Thank you a million times for that! )