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Re:You never did math in high school by dfan on Monday May 05, 2014 @09:14AM (#7698346)
Totally agreed with #1. I think it's easy to forget how deeply you need to get calculation and symbol manipulation into your fingers so you don't get stuck later on.
Re:You never did math in high school by sliverstorm on Monday May 05, 2014 @10:32AM (#7698748)
It would be like trying to learn "software engineering" with a weak understanding of syntax and variable manipulation. You can do it, but you are building on top of a house of cards.