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It is a commonly held assumption that the ‘ideal’, if not essential academic background to success in understanding and using computers, and particularly programming, is a combination of mathematics and physics. This paper reports on a statistical experiment to examine this assumption; there is no evidence to suggest that alternative educational backgrounds do not provide as useful a preparation to such activity.
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