Re: Dumbing down?



Jeff Rollin wrote:
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?

Sorry, point of information: you and your friend agreeing on X has exactly what power over X's truth?

hth,kt

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