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First question on first exam was "formula to calculate compounding interest". Since I had helped the instructor when she was taking a C++ class "for fun", that is how I answered - in code. Then gave it to her in 5 other current languages as well as 2 ancient ones, including assembler for TRS-80.
That's fantastic!
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Having started programming before really mastering long division in 4th grade, I firmly believe that math is a ****ty programming language with poor documentation, minimal libraries, no way to extend it, one letter variables, and minimal control loops.
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This is hilarious!
Absolutely!
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