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If you voted you don't understand math or programming. Programming is recipes for a computer to follow. In many cases there is Zero math involved. You can writ

by drakaal 13y ago

If you voted you don't understand math or programming. Programming is recipes for a computer to follow. In many cases there is Zero math involved. You can write plenty of Data Entry code and never use a single numeric function. Conversely you could write a single line of code that required all the math skills of a Quantum Physics Doctorate. Programming is not "math" it is recipe authoring. It is more analogous to home ec than Dif-e-q

eru 13y ago
> You can write plenty of Data Entry code and never use a single numeric function. Numbers are not math. (Anyway, I agree that the poll is strange.)
- allard 13y ago
  "God made the whole numbers; all else is the work of man." -- Leopold Kronecker
  - eru 13y ago
    Now we know better: man made the integers, too.
sheldor 13y ago
... and yet the obvious answer to a poll like this lies on the bottom. HN makes me sad these days
shawndumas 13y ago
do they both involve cognition?