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by vecter 2311 days ago
Software development never gets that abstract. Yes there are abstractions, but compared to college math, they're extremely simple. The most complex abstractions I've come across in software engineering don't hold a candle to some of the abstractions you would see in a typical undergraduate math degree. Heck, my university used Baby Rudin [0] for its introductory analysis class, which was often taken by freshmen or sophomores.

[0] https://notendur.hi.is/vae11/%C3%9Eekking/principles_of_math...