As opposed to trigonometry, which was gifted to us from the Gods without any connection to work-a-day tasks. :-) Efficient computing machines are an important

As opposed to trigonometry, which was gifted to us from the Gods without any connection to work-a-day tasks. :-) Efficient computing machines are an important invention. Probably one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. The fundamental principles of computation are deep mathematical discoveries. Teaching some programming isn't an unreasonable way to teach about computation.