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The statement about math is inaccurate: > [Standard engineering] is where we work over a continuous domain, like real numbers. Things like calculus, trigonomet
by softwarebeware 5y ago
The statement about math is inaccurate:
> [Standard engineering] is where we work over a continuous domain, like real numbers. Things like calculus, trigonometry, and differential equations are in this category. This is what most people in the US learn in high school, codifying it as what they think of as “math”.
> In software, we don’t use these things, leading to the conception that we don’t use math. But we actually use discrete math ...
It is false to say that we never work over a continuous domain in software. We have continuous domains in software all the time whether its audio-related software, self-driving cars, networking, or many other examples. And we definitely _also_ have to use discrete math alongside these continuous domains.