数学与程序.docVIP

Ive been working for the past 15 months on repairing my rusty math skills, ever since I read a biography of Johnny von Neumann. Ive read a huge stack of math books, and I have an even bigger stack of unread math books. And its starting to come together. 自从我读了Johnny von Neumann的传记,我已经为弥补我糟糕的数学技能花了15个月了.读了大量的数学书籍,不过呢,似乎我还有更多没有读.当然我会接着做的. Let me tell you about it. 现在我就来告诉你这些. Conventional Wisdom Doesnt Add Up 告别传统观念First: programmers dont think they need to know math. I hear that so often; I hardly know anyone who disagrees. Even programmers who were math majors tell me they dont really use math all that much! They say its better to know about design patterns, object-oriented methodologies, software tools, interface design, stuff like that. 首先:程序员不认为他们需要了解数学.我常常听到这样的话;我不知道还有没有不同意的.甚至于以前是主修数学的程序员也告诉我他们真的不是常常使用到数学!他们说 更重要的是要去了解设计模式,面向对象原理,软件工具,界面设计,以及一些其他类似的东西. And you know what? Theyre absolutely right. You can be a good, solid, professional programmer without knowing much math. 你了解吗?他们完全正确.你不需要了解很多数学你就能做个很棒,很专业的程序员. But hey, you dont really need to know how to program, either. Lets face it: there are a lot of professional programmers out there who realize theyre not very good at it, and they still find ways to contribute. 但是呢,同时你也不是真的需要知道如何来编程.我们要面对的是:有很多专业的程序员,他们认识到他们不是非常擅长数学,但他们还是寻找方法去提升. If youre suddenly feeling out of your depth, and everyone appears to be running circles around you, what are your options? Well, you might discover youre good at project management, or people management, or UI design, or technical writing, or system administration, any number of other important things that programmers arent necessarily any good at. Youll start filling those niches (because theres always more work to do), and as soon as you find something youre good at, youll probably migrate towards doing it full-time. 如果你突然觉得自己好烂,周围的人都远远的超过你,你会怎么想呢?好,你可能会发现 自己善于项目管理,或人事管理,或界面设计,或技术写作,或系统管理,还有许多其他程序员不必去精通的.你会开始堆积那些想法(因为工作永远干不完),当你发现一些你能掌握的东西时,你很可能会转移去全职的做这个