>Just as we would not suggest everyone would be capable of calculus Programming is a broad spectrum. There are parts that are of comparative difficulty to calc

>Just as we would not suggest everyone would be capable of calculus Programming is a broad spectrum. There are parts that are of comparative difficulty to calculus* and there are parts of similar difficulty to prealgebra. No one is saying that everyone should learn Vector calculus but everyone should at least be acquainted with the basic things like ratios and intervals. *Calculus is actually extremely easy. In fact, programming can make it even more intuitive if the learner has played with streams before, the objects of calculus are kin. Besides, knowing calculus does not make you a mathematician any more than knowing how to write IF X < 10 THEN PRINT makes you a programmer.