@NfNitLoop ("Cody C. #BLM") wrote:
Recently helped someone with a CS problem and TBH the main benefit of math in CS is knowing the lingo that gets used to pose many CS problems.
It feels very gatekeep-y. Sure, math jargon is more succinct, but using simple English would be much more accessible.
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@hillelogram ("Hillel") wrote:
Been mulling over how to respond to this. Allen is right: you don't need to know math to program effectively.
But he's not going far enough. There is NOTHING, not one single thing, you need to understand to "program effectively", except for software bullshit.
