Subj : Re: Good math skills a requirement?
To   : comp.programming
From : Rob Thorpe
Date : Wed Aug 03 2005 12:47 pm


James C. wrote:
> This question is probably asked often, but can someone be a decent
> programmer without any advanced math skills? To be more specific, can
> someone get by in programming with simple arithmetic (i.e. addition,
> substraction, multiplication, and division)?
>
> I don't see how a programmer would need anything beyond simple arithmetic
> to write an email client in a programming langauage such as Delphi. How in
> the heck is geometry, trig, calculus, etc. going to aid in this type of
> project?

It's been discussed quite often here, and the discussion have been
quite informative.  See these threads:-

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.programming/browse_frm/thread/da3ce4e795dcf05d/93c3557bcd786aa2?q=math+skill&rnum=8#93c3557bcd786aa2
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.programming/browse_frm/thread/deebd5db93aa1b05/82a37fb763155f3d?q=math+skill&rnum=1#82a37fb763155f3d

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