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Coding is more like music than math. Multiple parts work together cohesively to create something bigger. Just like music, a program or library always has a begi
by Diamons 12y ago
Coding is more like music than math. Multiple parts work together cohesively to create something bigger. Just like music, a program or library always has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Music and programming are creative tasks that require you to think of new ways to solve problems or express yourself. Math is a system of calculation.
- Delmania 12y agoWow, I have rewritten my response more than once, but I am basically amazed at how completely wrong this response is. Coding is a system of calculation as well. Like math, the goal of programming is to solve a problem. There are beautiful, elegant, and creative solutions in both math and coding, but first you have solve the damn problem. Music is basically about self expression, it's a means unto itself, it has no problem to solve.
- Diamons 12y agoYou're missing a step. The goal of programming is not to just solve a problem, it is to create a solution to a problem. That creating part is the most important part.
- Delmania 12y agoYou're either being inane, dense, or you're just plain inexperienced. Coding, like math, has an element to creativity to it. If you don't think math has creativity, you don't know anything about more advanced math. However, despite how technically brilliant, how sublime your solution may be, if it doesn't actually SOLVE the problem you set out to solve, it's not very useful.