[Edu-sig] A fact on the ground

[Guido van Rossum]

> It doesn't "make sense" to program around math stuff to someone who
> finds math unpleasant to begin with.  Instead, they associate
> programming
> with math and  become convinced that programming is not for them either.

Let me confirm that there is a difference between aptness for math and
for programming!  While I have a math degree, it became clear to me
that I wasn't a math-head about halfway my second year in college.
Around the same time it was also abundantly clear that I loved
programming! :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)