Subj : Re: Good math skills a requirement?
To   : comp.programming
From : Duane Arnold
Date : Wed Aug 03 2005 09:20 pm

"James C." <jcon778@pemail.net> wrote in
news:Xns96A79191867DAjcon778pemailnet@68.6.19.6: 

> 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)?

In the normal business sector like manufacturing and inventory, accounting, 
insurance and developing business solutions, the above is all you need. 

> 
> 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? 

If you're doing programming for JPL or NASA, the above might come into 
play. 

Duane :)

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