Re: What Math Is Needed for Programming? ... Teach you the math.... But, as others have said, the first purpose may be necessary to solve ...functional programming languages.... Pythagorean theorem from geometry saved my bacon there. ... (comp.lang.java)
Re: Publication not so important in mathematics ... >> I wonder if you misunderstand the purpose of publication.... >> Which basically is saying that math people believe that it's all ... > But I said the MAIN purpose is to acquaint readers with the material. ... (sci.math)
Re: Publication not so important in mathematics ... >> The main purpose is to acquaint readers with the material. ... > Which basically is saying that math people believe that it's all ... And just as the local paper of Topeka,... (sci.math)
Re: Newbie: cloning a Number ... I just thought that this was the whole purpose of a "Number" class. ... like not to display Integers and Double the same way (with or witout ... Number*Number is actually Integer*Integer: do integer math.... All Number subclasses have intValue, floatValue, etc..., so that ... (comp.lang.java.programmer)