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Can one be too dumb for programming? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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I've always flunked at math; and knowing how intertwined programming is with math, I'm skeptical of my ability to learn how to code. Can someone be too dumb to learn programming? If it helps, I'm mostly interested in learning Common Lisp.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You can definitely learn basic levels of programming without getting too deep into the math, enough to put together simple programs that can automate small tasks.

The issue is that math is incredibly important for enterprise level programming, particularly for optimization. Programs you write for yourself can be slow, inefficient beasts that hog way more resources than they need. If you wanted to write code as a job though, you'd need to be able to find the line between speed and accuracy, and that can require some complex math.