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I didn't mean that mathematicians don't write code; I meant that doing most mathematics isn't anything like doing programming, even when you're programming in H
by Ar-Curunir 8y ago
I didn't mean that mathematicians don't write code; I meant that doing most mathematics isn't anything like doing programming, even when you're programming in Haskell. Just because two things are isomorphic doesn't mean they're used in the same way. For example, programming is formal but rarely rigorous; mathematics is the opposite.
- marcosdumay 8y agoMost mathematicians do work that is very different from most programmers. Some programmers do work that is similar to most mathematicians, and some mathematicians do work that is similar to most programmers. Programming can be very rigorous, and mathematics can be very formal and not rigorous. There is a huge middle ground, sparsely populated between those.