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As I say it: prigramming is about manipulating abstractions. If you were good at algebra, you should not have problems with programming.
by rimliu 5y ago
As I say it: prigramming is about manipulating abstractions. If you were good at algebra, you should not have problems with programming.
- adam_arthur 5y agoProgramming is easier because people care about readability! At least to a much greater extent than in math A lot of people are bad at math, but decent programmers. Yet, programming is basically just composing expressions the same as you would in math? Why the disparity?
- username90 5y agoMost programs you write are very concrete. Concrete programs can have concrete variable names. Then the more you abstract things the less variable names matter. If you create a general purpose list calling its content type "item" or "x" are both equally readable since "item" doesn't say anything that "x" doesn't. Now math, the entire subject of math is just a bunch of abstractions. Now there are a lot of concrete applications of math, but math itself isn't concrete.