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		kasperset on July 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming is not math? Mathematical background helps in programming. It is not absolutely necessary but personally I do not know any Programmer who was good at Mathematics and failed really badly in programming.

avmich on July 18, 2014 [–]

It was well said "programming is one of the most complex branches of applied mathematics". I didn't check the exact quote :) .

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