The Mathematical Hacker – Evan MillerBy Evan Miller November 16, 2012 (Corrections) The programming profession is blessed with a number of gifted essayists. Today I will pick on three of my favorites — Eric Raymond, Paul Graham, and Steve Yegge — because they all seem to disagree about why (and whether) mathematics is relevant to the practicing programmer. Their attitudes might be summarized as: Eric Raymond: Mathematics is unnecessa
