Re: What Math Is Needed for Programming?


"Bibby" <bibby@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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?
>
> Thanks
>
> PA

if you need the math knowledge to arrive at the solution (or to understand
the problem), then someone else would have to write that program. You can
write lots of programs with knowing lots of math, but if you cannot solve a
problem yourself, you can't write the program that solves it.
Go ahead and start learning to program - but also learn your math.
As a general rule, folks who are good at math, usually do well at learning
programming.


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