> to the point of being able to design his own toy CPU architecture
Not sure what the CS curriculum is in other countries but back where I'm from they had basically taught us enough by the middle of the second year for one to be able to design something like DCPU16 using only that knowledge.
In other words, it isn't that hard, especially when you're surrounded by examples. I would expect a second-year undergrad to be able to accomplish that.
>Not sure what the CS curriculum is in other countries but back where I'm from they had basically taught us enough by the middle of the second year for one to be able to design something like DCPU16 using only that knowledge.
Same with us. That doesn't mean that 90% of the graduates out there, that even have taken such as class, will be able to do it.
Not sure what the CS curriculum is in other countries but back where I'm from they had basically taught us enough by the middle of the second year for one to be able to design something like DCPU16 using only that knowledge.
In other words, it isn't that hard, especially when you're surrounded by examples. I would expect a second-year undergrad to be able to accomplish that.