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Many vocations use computers, but should they all require learning about software, electronics etc?

If you don't need to "understand" the math, why risk opportunity cost learning it?

> I would draw an analogy with a compiler

staying "high level" is a good thing for some programmers. If every web dev had to dig into the low-level working of the browser, a lot less would get done.



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