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David Tolpin scripsit:
> Understanding the need of mathematics as a need of tool is utilitary.
> A programmer needs mathematics because the brain must be trained through
> learning it, including calculus, topology, sets theory, algebra and other
> topics.
>
> Too many programmers think that they don't need linear algebra because
> they are not going to compute eigenvalues. It is like thinking that one
> does not need to be taught classical literature or poetry because
> he/she is not going to become a writer.
It's like thinking that you don't need to read Virgil in Latin, or Homer in
Greek, or Tagore in Bengali, because you aren't going to be a poet.
It's like thinking you can afford not to know how to lay bricks because you
aren't going to be a mason.
It's like thinking you don't need to learn how to turn a breech calf because
you aren't going to be a farmer.
Every kind of knowledge is at the center of knowledge.
--
John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan
Original line from _The Warrior's Apprentice_ by Lois McMaster Bujold:
"Only on Barrayar would pulling a loaded needler start a stampede toward one."
English-to-Russian-to-English mangling thereof: "Only on Barrayar you risk to
lose support instead of finding it when you threat with the charged weapon."
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