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  • IMO mathematical/logical/abstract thinking is critical for programming well, but IMO that’s different from “math degree” math.

    Software as a means to an end can be used in almost every domain, so proficiency within that applicable domain is often either useful or necessary. That is to say, “math degree” math is likely needed for 3d rendering (certain games), scientific computation (incl machine learning), etc, but maybe not, otherwise. It depends on what software you’re trying to build.

    To be more specific, general programming is definitely and specifically different from trig and calc. However, because math is also broad, “mathy” concepts like type theory, relational algebra, set theory are considered important for programming, even if only informally or indirectly so.






  • IMO factory functions are totally fine – I hesitate to even give them a special name b/c functions that can return an object are not special.

    However I think good use cases for Factory classes (and long-lived stateful instances of) are scarce, often being better served using other constructs.