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Re:Impact of programming on primary mathematics learning by roars on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @07:02AM (#32735400)
> Math is a tool (for everyone except for 0.000001%, who could use it as an occupation)

0.000001% of 8 billion is 80 people. Your math is off by a few orders of magnitude : P

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Re:Impact of programming on primary mathematics learning by g42gregory on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @03:02PM (#32741684)
Nice catch! :-) I am not sure how many people are actually doing Math for a living. Between Academia, some agencies, selected hedge funds and few other places. Few hundred thousand?
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