Subj : Re: Good math skills a requirement?
To   : comp.programming
From : Russell Shaw
Date : Thu Aug 04 2005 11:59 am

Scott Moore wrote:
> 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? 
> 
> A bridge engineer does not need to know math, computers do that.

But i sure wouldn't trust anything from them. With no concept or feel of
maths, all the simulation tools in the world are useless.

> Now, would YOU hire a bridge engineer who can't add ?

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