Friday, January 8, 2010

Which requires more logic, Mathematics or Computer Programming?

I have studied a lot of Mathematics I love it a lot and I know it requires a lot of logic. But I hardly know anything about Computer Programming, so I was wondering which among the two requires more of logic.Which requires more logic, Mathematics or Computer Programming?
anything related to mathematics can be applied to programming if it is required for the functionality of the software. Due to that, I would say it really depends on what you're usually coding and what level of mathematics you're using. If you're making 3D games then you're using top notch 3 dimensional trigonometry as well as utilizing the physics of three dimensional space. If you're just making a point and click shooter, then theres not much mathematics at all, but still a variant of logic required for the looping, conditions, function calling, recursion (if applicable), etc.





I would say that generally computer programming requires more logic due to the fact that no matter how simple the program is (within reason), you're still using loops, conditions, recursion, functions, classes, etc.Which requires more logic, Mathematics or Computer Programming?
Well, only about 10% of the concepts we call Math fits onto a machine running binary numbers. Perhaps if we ever break past binary counting schemes we would see true artificial logic. BTW, from my academic career I observed the accomplished with mathmatics always had aptitudes for programming. There is a level of Math where everything begins to gel into relationships. I never got to that point. ;)

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