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I might be out of my depth here but isn’t Femats Theoram one of the last bosses (currently) in the field? Coding and making a decent living hardly compares

But paul, a lot of programmers can't prove 'Fermats Last Theorem' in their field of programming. Math notation is simple as such you can use it to solve simple problems per the learning level. I think he meant the comparison of sub learning abilities.

Computer code and math are more abstract of course, therefore harder for most humans. Human language more loose, therefore harder for computers. Different beasts...

Maybe anyone can with enough time @trishankkarthik

I know programmers making millions who can't solve simultaneous equations. I believe if you can speak English, you can code.

The analogy also ignores that as soon as you work with someone else you are communicating with people via code & writing universally understandable code is likely impossible.