Mathematical thinking is only relevant to a subset of programming tasks. Your typical CRUD web app has nothing to do with maths but functional-style data proces

Mathematical thinking is only relevant to a subset of programming tasks. Your typical CRUD web app has nothing to do with maths but functional-style data processing may well fit the model. See DHH's distinction between engineers and developers where he characterises Ruby/Rails programmers as writers, many of whom come from an arts or humanities background.