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Can someone explain me why they always (OK let's say almost always) use math formulas to show what you can do with a programming language ?

I'm a desktop application programmer, not a mathematician. I don't need to print the first 25 squares of integers or Fibonacci whatever. In fact I think the hardest math I did at work was using modulo to get even and odd numbers ...

Show me how you parse a csv file, how do you connect to webservices or retrieve data from a database, show me how to do a simple GUI, show me something useful for the common dev.

I'll judge your ultimate programming language on these menial tasks that comprise 99.9% of my programming time.

parent jmnicolas 7 years ago

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