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in reply to Mathematics eq CompSci

Practically speaking, the job ad degree requirements (particularly math) are inversally proportional to the experience years expected for the candidates. It denotes easily the volatile nature of theorical notions.

In fact, using math and weird notations is often an easier way of teaching algorithm concepts.

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