maths in programming

Tom Good Tom_Good1 at excite.com
Wed Jul 25 16:08:15 EDT 2001


"Native_MetaL" <Jasper49 at optushome.com.au> wrote in message news:<WXy77.11082$A5.32095 at news1.eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au>...
> Hello im new to programming and i have some questions about Maths in
> programming
> 
> 1 what type of Maths is used in programming
> 2 how good do you have to be at maths to program

If you can do simple algebra, there are many kinds of programs that
you will be able to write.

> 3 dose all programing have complex maths

No, not all.  Many programs you could write wouldn't involve difficult
math at all.

> 4 are all programmers Expert's with maths

No.

> 5 do you need to be an expert with maths to get Employment in programming

No, although some *types* of programming will specifically need
certain math skills.

> 6 in IT firms are there people that do the maths ......... and others that
> just do the coding <---- the programmers

Not that I know of.  I have never worked for a company that had a
"staff mathematician" who did all the math while the rest of us just
coded.

> 
> i would really like to learn Programming and one day work as a programmer
> but i dont have maths skills.

With Python, the Python tutorials and documentation, and this
newsgroup, you should be able to start learning programming, no
calculus classes required :-)



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