Yes, "math-centric" in the sense of high-school math (=> "functions are R->R"). I mentioned the = thing because I only ever see this brought up by what seems l

Yes, "math-centric" in the sense of high-school math (=> "functions are R->R"). I mentioned the = thing because I only ever see this brought up by what seems like a very particular developer tribe. I used to tutor 1st semester CS students in programming C and Java - for many this was the first time they were programming - and I don't think I've ever seen someone confused about it. Lots of other things though; programming is hard.