Python Learning

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Bill <BILL_NOSPAM at noway.net> wrote:
> 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).

Fortunately for the programming world, college isn't when everyone
starts. I started coding at six years old. Should I have waited till I
had some pre-calc before getting into programming?

ChrisA