Re:How much math you need for programming (2014)
by CtrlD-me on Saturday December 26, 2020 @06:02AM
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Hm. To me programming is a subset of mathematics. You are right it is not math, but its origins are definitely mathematical. There was Alan Turing who built the first computer to decifer nazi communications. But the axis too used "programming", by calculating optimization algorithms to determine rocket trajectories... Of course there is more too it, but an understanding of mathematics is good for any programmer.
Re:How much math you need for programming (2014)
by ensiferum on Saturday December 26, 2020 @06:28AM
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Yes I agree with you but I like to make the distinction between computer science and "programming". I.e the study of computer programs and algorithms is absolutely based on math but most of every day programming isn't really focused on that. As in when you write your business logic or UI code or whatever there's not that much math per se related to the software itself more just the domain math if any.
That being said some domains equipment require a fair bit of maths. Currently working on a game engine and trigonometry and linear algebra are very common tools for me.