> Fuck no, programming in not math. I learned that the hard way, when I tried to take college level calculus as a refresher, after years of neglecting my basic algebra, and assumed that my interim programming experience would be sufficient to tide me over.
Calculus is a discipline that many think is not very applicable to the art and practice of programming itself.
"Programming is math" does not mean to imply "programming is any and all kinds of math".
So, I definitely felt as if I were familiarized with some of the very basic, generalized concepts I would need to pass the mid-terms and final exams, but when push came to shove, the only real parallel that was a direct one-to-one translation was the piecewise-defined function. The rest of the class was still quite the steep climb.
Calculus is a discipline that many think is not very applicable to the art and practice of programming itself.
"Programming is math" does not mean to imply "programming is any and all kinds of math".