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Re:Computer science enrollments soared 30% last year by RougeFemme on Saturday March 09, 2013 @12:08AM (#5347426)
I'm not a programmer but. . .unless you're coding an explicitly math-intensive application, aren't there tools that could do any math that's required? Of course, the tool would have to come from a trusted source.
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Re:Computer science enrollments soared 30% last year by jfarmer on Saturday March 09, 2013 @01:06AM (#5347584)
If you don't know the math, how do you see what math applies?
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Re:Computer science enrollments soared 30% last year by purplelobster on Saturday March 09, 2013 @03:59PM (#5349610)
Like I said, might not be a problem for a simple web app, but have you ever tried writing a game? For even the simplest game I end up using a lot of (fairly simple) math, linear algebra and some physics. If you start doing stuff in 3D, you'll need even more.
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