>I think the study of mathematics is very helpful to a programmer in both the general sense of improving their overall thought processes and in the specific of

>I think the study of mathematics is very helpful to a programmer in both the general sense of improving their overall thought processes and in the specific of helping with certain types of problems, but it is not necessary for most. This is true. Most of the absolutely best developers I've ever worked with were Math majors. The second best were Physics majors. They had long since forgotten most of their formal training, but they knew how to think about problems in the right way.