Re: What Math Is Needed for Programming?

krikol skrev: 
Bibby wrote:

I'm interesting in studying OOP programming languages on my own: C, C++, Java. I haven't studied the big 4 math subjects in my last year of high school, Calculus, Algebra, Geometry, Statistics. Which of these subjects would I need to be able to understand some of more advanced concepts I may encounter in my studies. Do I necessarily need any of them at all?

Depends highly on what your ambitions are. Apart from boolean algebra (and, or, xor, not), number system (base2, ) and set theory, there is not much math in a emperical language such as C++ and Java (Unlike functional languages like Lisp, Haskell etc.)

/Casper
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