Re: Mathematics



# "Steve" <risteve940@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
# news:1115162117.467565.263580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# > Do you need to be good in mathematics to be a good programmer? I never
# > was good in math, except for the basics
# > (addition/subtraction/multiplication and division). Anything beyond
# > that waved bye bye to me a *long* time ago... I appreciate the
# > calculator more and more. I always found math boring, but find
# > computers and programming tremendously fascinating.

Programming applied mathematics in its purest form.

Each program is a constructive proof that there exists function that maps
the inputs to the outputs in a particular manner. The axioms you use may
come from other fields, but putting them together is all about math and
logic.

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