Python Learning

[Bill]

Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Bill wrote:
>> In my experience, if they do not have the basic (~pre-calc) math 
>> behind them, then learning from a textbook on a programming language, 
>> say,  may be a bit beyond them.
>
> Very little mathematical *knowledge* is needed to get started
> with programming. You can do a lot of useful things in Python
> without even using any arithmetic.
>
> What does seem to correlate is that if you're the sort of
> person who finds maths interesting and fun to play with, you're
> also likely to take to programming easily. The same kind of
> logical thought processes are involved.
>

I think we are talking about the same people.
But in college, the prerequisite of "at least co-enrolled in pre-calc", 
turned out to be the right one (based upon quite a lot of teaching 
experience).