I agree, programming is not mathematics, however, the author seems to have mixed up the act of calculation and mathematics.
Bering a good human calculator is unlikely to result in stellar programs. Having a good grasp of how to arrange and communicate your ideas, as is required in mathematics, will help your programming hugely.
Yes, there's a large gap between what is acceptable in mathematics and what's acceptable in programming, and the types of problems you're likely to encounter, but fundamentally, you'll be communicating ideas to other people and to your compiler.
Source: Computer Science and Mathematics degree, now working as a researcher.
Bering a good human calculator is unlikely to result in stellar programs. Having a good grasp of how to arrange and communicate your ideas, as is required in mathematics, will help your programming hugely.
Yes, there's a large gap between what is acceptable in mathematics and what's acceptable in programming, and the types of problems you're likely to encounter, but fundamentally, you'll be communicating ideas to other people and to your compiler.
Source: Computer Science and Mathematics degree, now working as a researcher.