> But that is not the majority of the tasks, neither, learn algebra help me much about the whole endeavor (maybe only if I'm building an algebra library). Sorr

> But that is not the majority of the tasks, neither, learn algebra help me much about the whole endeavor (maybe only if I'm building an algebra library). Sorry-- I completely and totally disagree with you. The core things I learned about mathematical structure in algebra classes have informed my entire programming career: pure functions, commutativity and associativity, factoring and composition. Both discrete and continuous math are necessary to be a computer scientist. Yes, you may be able to do some things without them... but you're going to be limited. > Any person too?, maybe. I heard identical arguments in other fields. No joking, even in a law firm. Algebra is basically required for a secondary education at this point, let alone college. Yes, it has broad applicability. Even in law: we expect many lawyers to be competent at calculations that are best addressed with algebra.