• DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Maybe not so small?

    I never encountered these math symbols but for loops are like step 3 in any programming language after variables and conditionals

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      1 year ago

      lol, like 2.5% of the USA are programmers and even if we say twice that number have experimented and taken programming classes, that’s like 1 in 20 people who would even have ever encountered a for loop. This nsf report says ~70% of highschoolers have taken Algebra 2 or a more advanced math course, which is when sum notation is usually introduced. I think 70% is a little greater than 5%!