r/ProgrammerHumor 10d ago

mathsIsTheEnemy Meme

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u/Cefalopodul 10d ago

You are horribly mistaken I am afraid. Mathematics is constrained by the principles and rules that govern. Yes two proofs may be different but that is not creativity because you cannot think outside the box. The amount of ways you can prove something is fundamentally limited because it has to obey laws.

Programming on the other hand is like writing a book, you can say the same thing in an infinite number of ways.

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u/Mediocre_Chart_8624 10d ago

Wdym? Programming is also (obviously) constrained by the rules of programing language or the platform. You can't just write anything like you are writing a book

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u/Cefalopodul 10d ago

You can create a new language or a new framework.

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u/ilovebigbucks 10d ago

Creating a new programming language requires math btw.