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Can one be too dumb for programming? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by stirner@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev
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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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[-] guy@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

People equate maths to programming, but I think if it more as a creative, problem solving field. Most real world coding problems don't have a precise single correct way to solve them; it's more like architecting a building: you have multiple goals and a lot of freedom in how you achieve them and to what degree

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