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		RegEx on July 31, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does category theory make you a better programmer? The value I got from my abstract algebra course is the ability to identify things that are identical, or at least similar. A big part of abstract 1 is just manipulating symbols to appear in a form that's usable with a provided theorem.

noblethrasher on July 31, 2012 [–]

Conversely, the big benefit I got from analysis was learning to think in terms of significant similarity rather than strict equality.

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