Understanding programming languages definitely helped my understanding of Math. Smarter people than myself can do this the other way around, but I always needed

Understanding programming languages definitely helped my understanding of Math. Smarter people than myself can do this the other way around, but I always needed to understand the why before it could start to stick. I didn't really understand programming languages until I could dig into the source code and the standard libraries to see how and why everything was done. The problem with modern math teaching is that is starts with fully baked axioms and it doesn't walk you through the process of discovery before it was all cleaned up into a neat terse explanation. One exception is a great book from the 40s called a Mathameticians Delight. It was recommended to my by my Yale professor and I highly recommend it.