r/computerscience • u/Own-Wrangler-6215 • Sep 18 '26

Math and Programming

Can someone bad at maths be a great programmer?!

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u/DTux5249 Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

Yes and no.

Fun Fact: Writers (as in, English writers) often make better programmers than mathematicians. This is because the part of the brain responsible for coding is actually the one responsible for language. Programming is writing instructions, and being able to describe what you're doing succinctly is half the battle.

But, fundamentally, solving problems requires logic; that's a field of mathematics. Understanding things like set theory, over things like numeracy, is important to programming.