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by btilly 6087 days ago
That is exactly what I was thinking. I do not deny that there are many specific areas where Calculus is useful in programming. However most working programmers won't encounter them.
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But what if they encounter them?

"I could theoretically develop a solution within a day, but I have no idea what you are talking about!"

I hope such programmers make sure that they can work on the next twitter and such things and don't have to implement solutions for financial controllers and the like.