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Re:Does category theory make you a better programmer? by RegEx on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @12:30AM (#4315708)
The value I got from my abstract algebra course is the ability to identify things that are identical, or at least similar. A big part of abstract 1 is just manipulating symbols to appear in a form that's usable with a provided theorem.
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Re:Does category theory make you a better programmer? by noblethrasher on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @02:56AM (#4316059)
Conversely, the big benefit I got from analysis was learning to think in terms of significant similarity rather than strict equality.
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