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Mathematics is not about numbers. It's about dealing with any kinds of formal systems. Writing a singe expression in any programming language is already as math
by sklogic 11y ago
Mathematics is not about numbers. It's about dealing with any kinds of formal systems. Writing a singe expression in any programming language is already as mathematical as it gets, because this expression has a very well defined meaning.
As for being "good", I saw numerous examples of people who could not get mathmatics as it was taught in a school or a university, but had no problems understanding the advanced mathematical concepts later, coming to them through programming. In fact, programming might be the best possible way to learn mathematical thinking.
- Nickersf 11y agoI agree. The more I explore different topics of math my outlook of mathematics changes. It think it's good discuss the correlations between math and programming. I've read discussions where people strongly argued that people don't need to concern themselves with mathematics in order to program. Instead we should be looking at math as something to embrace rather than avoid. Especially when communicating with young people.