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Re:The language brain matters more for learning programming ... by bryanrasmussen on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:33PM (#43874308)
>Programming is an expression of logic, which is absolutely mathematics.

and also philosophy.

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Re:The language brain matters more for learning programming ... by voidspark on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:47PM (#43874419)
As in GNU vs. Microsoft? Or something more foundational in logic?
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Re:The language brain matters more for learning programming ... by willhslade on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:53PM (#43874467)
Classes are a platonic ideal representation of reality?
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Re:The language brain matters more for learning programming ... by GoblinSlayer on Saturday May 03, 2025 @10:38AM (#43879323)
That's another gap: mathematical classes are ideal representation of fantasy, programming classes are leaky representation of reality.
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