This whole debate is a mess of definitions and taxonomy. If you define math as algebra/geometry/calculus/etc., obviously programming isn't all that tightly associated with math. But programming is mathematical logic, which is a subset of math, so programming is math... right? Well, except logic itself is a subset of philosophy. So programming is philosophy now as much as it is math? And what about this argument that programming is language, it's got some good points, how does that fit into all this?

Incidentally, some visible members of the "programming isn't math" camp are discouraging others from emphasizing the connection between math and programming so as not to intimidate young women away from taking an interest in programming. Folks, this position only validates the stereotype that women are not good at or interested in math.