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Forget Math to Become a Great Computer Scientist?

Posted by Zonk on from the this-is-why-i-wasn't-a-good-programmer dept.

Coryoth writes "A new book is trying to claim that computer science is better off without maths. The author claims that early computing pioneers such as Von Neumann and Alan Turing imposed their pure mathematics background on the field, and that this has hobbled computer science ever since. He rejects the idea of algorithms as a good way to think about software. Can you really do computer science well without mathematics? And would you want to?"

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  1. Just drink more caffeine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Darn! Can't make sense of these number thingies on the soda labels, though.

  2. Linus is right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am with Linus on this one.
    Just because RMS says GPL v3 is great does not mean it is good for open source.
    I think Linus's stand and arguments make the most sense.

  3. YOUR A FUCKING MORON by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NO ONE CARES ABOUR YOUR OPINION

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