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Can one be too dumb for programming? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it depends what you want to achieve? I learned to program to let the computer do the math for me, it's worked out pretty well so far. I admit I get jealous of the cool visuals, optimizations, and clearer algos people can build with their math experiences, but it certainly hasn't stopped me from making useable webpages, apps and arduino projects.