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Re:The language brain matters more for learning programming ... by RHSeeger on Friday May 02, 2025 @01:16PM (#43872481)
> BTW relational DBs are math.

It's funny, reading the post you're replying to, I basically read it as

> I don't need math, I need <math, but by another name>

My teenage daughter used to complain about math, and I spent some time trying to explain to her that we use math every day... EVERY day. Now, when I see her do something that was math (even if it's not obvious it was math), I say "Math... every day". I say that a lot.

Also, yes, my daughter finds me annoying. But also funny; but likely not for the math thing.

Re:The language brain matters more for learning programming ... by godelski on Friday May 02, 2025 @01:44PM (#43872785)

  > I don't need math, I need <math, but by another name>
This seems to be how it always goes. I think we've confused a lot of people by conflating math with arithmetic.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43872687