On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 6:51 AM, Bill <bill_nos...@noway.net> wrote: >> The point is that it takes a certain amount of what is referred to as >> "mathematical maturity" (not mathematical knowledge) to digest a book >> concerning computer programming. > > Emphasis on *a book*. > >> In my years of teaching experience, >> students who came to college without the equivalent of "college algebra" >> were under-prepared for what was expected of them. This is not just an >> opinion, it's a fact. > > So, your experience is that the style of learning you offer is > unsuitable to anyone who doesn't have some background in algebra. > That's fine. For your course, you set the prereqs. But that's not the > only way for someone to get into coding. You do NOT have to go to > college before you start creating software. That is also not an > opinion; it's a fact backed by a number of proven instances (myself > included).
I started coding when I was 16, in 1975. I wrote a downhill skiing game in basic, which I had taught to myself. I went to collage when I was 17, and I had taught myself FORTRAN and I tested out of the class. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
