Got in on this late... sorry.
Nick McClure wrote:
>
> Well the reason most CS programs include a lot of math, is to help teach logic.
>
> I have worked with people who have note come from a CS background, some are
> journalism majors some are art majors, but either way they had little math
> experience past Algebra.
>
Maybe I suffered from studying under mindless dolts who didn't see the
big picture. I found math to be a fairly monotonous exercise and not
very logical.
> One of the important parts of an application is the logic structure. Things
> must happen in a particular order or else it might work differently. While
> most people understand this, some of the people I have worked with in the
> past have had trouble writing these apps.
>
Formal logic, OTH, taught the rudiments of reasoning. Since it was based
on the very structure of language, it appealed to this English major.
For a career in programming, my vote for advice to the budding student
would be Logic and English grammar, not math. It might even lead to an
interest in Philosophy, which is useful, whether you go into
programming, or not. JMHO.
--John
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