Subj : Re: Good math skills a requirement?
To   : comp.programming
From : topmind
Date : Sat Aug 06 2005 08:22 pm


Willem wrote:
> Duane wrote:
> ) "James C." <jcon778@pemail.net> wrote in
> ) news:Xns96A79191867DAjcon778pemailnet@68.6.19.6:
> )> 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.
>
> Nah, all you need to know is how to convert between imperial and metric.

Only *after* the 1999 mishap.

-T-

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