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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought programming is pretty much all math?[/quote]

No it’s not.

But higher level math is programmed.

Logic yes... Math, no[/quote]
DP.. higher level math requires complex logic thinking.  Think about it.. most jobs don't require you to know how to solve  complex *math* equation, but a lot of the high paying  jobs require complex problem solving.

Students take high level  math not because they need to know Calc. for their jobs or in life, but because it requires complex logical thinking. Same for reading complex text, like when I had to read stuff like Walt Whitman, which I do not enjoy.  Why do we have to take Literature classes and read all those boring books (to me)? Because it helps one understand complex text. Same for higher level math.
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But it never proves out. It does not prove somebody is a better programmer/engineer.

It’s an unnecessary culling process that actually hurts the industry. Ditto for reading the classics. [/quote]
I didn't say it "proved" anything, but just that  higher math teaches more complex thinking.  Not everyone who is good at complex thinking will be good at programming, just like not everyone who is good at complex thinking would be a good lawyer. It's much more nuanced than that. The point is that higher level math, just as high level literature, teaches more complex thinking.

Not a hard concept.[/quote]

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