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Charles Roper
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Do you have to be good at math to be a good programmer?

It seems that conventional wisdom suggests that good programmers are also good at math. Or that the two are somehow intrinsically linked. Many programming books I have read provide many examples that are solutions to math problems, or are somehow related to math as if these examples are what make sense to most people.

So the question I would like to float is: do you have to be good at math to be a good programmer?