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  • Re: Math and programming

    From Shitty@VERT/ALCO to Matthew Munson on Thu Jul 17 23:10:00 2025
    should i try and self teach myself some mathematics so i could
    understand programming or can one program without the need for Calculus?

    There's no need for advanced math skills unless you're writing software that solves advanced math problems.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Shitty on Fri Jul 18 08:42:50 2025
    Shitty wrote to Matthew Munson <=-

    should i try and self teach myself some mathematics so i could
    understand programming or can one program without the need for Calculus?

    There's no need for advanced math skills unless you're writing software that solves advanced math problems.

    And, in that case, you pulled your copy of "Numerical Recipes in
    FORTRAN" off the shelf and cribbed the algorithm from the book. Or C,
    if that was your flavor.



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  • From dmux@VERT/ABINARY to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Sep 22 12:47:00 2025
    Numerical Recipes in C

    Hah, I have a hardcover copy of this book in my cubicle. I found it at the thrift store. I find the code rather incomprehensible though.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to dmux on Sat Oct 11 16:05:53 2025
    Re: Re: Math and programming
    By: dmux to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Sep 22 2025 12:47 pm

    Hah, I have a hardcover copy of this book in my cubicle. I found it at the thrift store. I find the code rather incomprehensible though.

    The FORTRAN version I started out with was great, the code was quite readable. I don't know if it was FORTRAN 66 or FORTRAN 77, but back then the looping was pretty simple. They might have had a GOSUB command back then, not sure now.

    I wish I'd saved my code from school - lots of ANSI C compiled on PC, VAX assembly language and FORTRAN on a variety of big iron. Even some Modula-2 and LISP!

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  • From Dr. What@VERT/CABANABR to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Oct 12 10:29:00 2025
    The FORTRAN version I started out with was great, the code was quite readable. I don't know if it was FORTRAN 66 or FORTRAN 77, but back then the looping was pretty simple. They might have had a GOSUB command back then, not sure now.

    That's what a SUBROUTINE was for under FORTRAN. No GOSUB needed.

    But FORTRAN did have some interesting IF and GOTO constructs.

    ex: IF (variable) label-1,label-0,label+1
    or 2 types of computed GOTOs. One similar to BASIC's ON GOTO. But the other you could set a variable to a label and goto the variable.

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