this is a very knowledgful

Yamna Shaban — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:45:18 +0000

this is a very knowledgful article

Mathematics is the mother of

blueeye — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:19:09 +0000

Mathematics is the mother of all sciences. If a person is good in mathematics, he will surely be good in programming logic and algorithm design.

Mathematics is not limited to 1+1 =2, rather it contained some complex formulas which are used in sophisticated software development.

1+1=5 ?

mrgilb — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:30:00 +0000

1+1=5 ?

S33ker wrote: In regards to

davecoventry — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:39:02 +0000

S33ker wrote:

In regards to your research and through my experience as a student and programmer I would say it all depends on enthusiasm. I hated math and did for many years until I found programming, I was very enthusiastic about programming but not at all about math, therefore in math class I was bottom of the class. In programming I taught myself what I needed to know to excel myself in that class.

Therefore its not that I couldn't do math, I just didn't have any enthusiasm, or see any benefit in doing so. Maybe this is the same for your students?

Now I enjoy programming and see the benefit in math, and after re-taking some qualifications I can now say my math is "OK" and continues to improve thanks to programming.

Hope this helps somewhat.

S33ker.

I think this is key.

I know I had a real problem with Matrices when I studied Maths in the early seventies because I failed to see how they might be used. Those were the days when computers were the preserve only of large companies.

It was only once I had started programming graphics, that I realised how they are used. Up until then I could not see the point of them and I suppose I was unable to maintain my concentration when in class.

The programming I did at University was in FORTRAN and there was no graphics involved, and it was only in the late eighties that machines with a graphical capability became commonplace, so by the time I realised the significance of Matrices it was too late

I always regarded myself as 'good at maths' and at high school I was always first in any tests, but I would probably be regarded as a lousy programmer, probably because I am very disorganised.

I would rate it as 9 out of

Jaime Magnus — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:38:00 +0000

I would rate it as 9 out of 10. Mathematics is very necessary and I think in order to be a programmer one must have sound knowledge of mathematics.

In regards to your research

S33ker — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:07:02 +0000

Therefore its not that I couldn't do math, I just didn't have any enthusiasm, or see any benefit in doing so. Maybe this is the same for your students?

Now I enjoy programming and see the benefit in math, and after re-taking some qualifications I can now say my math is "OK" and continues to improve thanks to programming.

Hope this helps somewhat.

S33ker.

Well, yes. As I indicated in

davecoventry — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:02:27 +0000

Well, yes.

As I indicated in an earlier post, if you are programming at machine level, then there is no way you can do that without some degree of mathematical proficiency.

However higher level languages no longer really have that requirement.

Particularly if you are just stringing a few lines of HTML together to make a website, and even more so if you are using Dreamweaver.

I won't go for any long

chatterbox — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:55:01 +0000

I won't go for any long details here but being into programming, specially machine level, maths is the 'most' important field as compared to any of the sciences. Programming is all about random data and abstract algorithms and who else except maths can make it possible.

RTFVerterra wrote: ...The

Vincent Puglia — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:38:14 +0000

RTFVerterra wrote:

...The research department...submitted a resolution to scientifically implement this research in a larger scale. The result of the "would be" research would determine the level of mathematical competency of students to be accepted in computer science major.

I would also suggest testing for a correlation with grammar proficiency (knowledge of diagramming, transformational grammar, syntax, etc.).

Insofar as your original question, I would rate math a 5-7. Logic, by itself, rates a 10.

Basically C and C++

stephan90 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:07:49 +0000

Basically C and C++ languages best mathematical skill in programing language.