Re: Programming skills required by mathematicians?

"rAgAv" <ragav.payne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Hello,
>
> I'm a highschool graduate and I'm going to major in Mathematics this
> Fall. I would like to have a foundation in programming so that it
> would be useful in my later career as a mathematician with interests
> in logic, numerical analysis, formal systems and that sort.
>
> I don't know enough technicalities to seek the right sort of
> programming that I should learn now. I wish to hear advice on what
> sort of programming skills a pure mathematician would find useful.
>
> Regards.
>
> PS - At the moment, I know only the basics of C++.

You probably need to learn how to use a CAS system and how to program in
it. 
This could be a useful skill to have over the years.

There are many CAS systems out there, find out you like, and learn its 
programming and commands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_algebra_system

Nasser