Think in Math, Write in Code

Re:Think in Math, Write in Code by nicoburns on Thursday July 18, 2019 @08:23AM (#20468999)

> Sure, mathematical thinking can be useful, but it's only one type of logical thinking among many types which can be applied to programming.

Completely agree with this. I did a Maths and Philosophy degree, and I reckon the Philosophy was more useful to my career in programming than the Maths was. Although this probably depends on what kind of programming you do.

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Re:Think in Math, Write in Code by sabas123 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @09:16AM (#20469422)

As somebody interested in both but having mainly been a programmer all my life. Could you describe in what ways philosophy can help somebody?

My (heavily uninformed) guess would be the ever questioning if our assumptions are actually true or not.

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Re:Think in Math, Write in Code by mruts on Thursday July 18, 2019 @10:27AM (#20470105)

I've always felt that formal logic has been more useful to programming than math has for me.

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