Dumbing down?

From: Jeff Rollin <jeffrey.rollin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 20:44:47 +0100

A friend (who should know better than I) and myself both agree that an
understanding of maths is necessary to be able to program.

So why do so many introductory textbooks insist that it isn't?

Jeff
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