@jkbbwr: remember: Steve Jobs went to Montessori.. and as Andreesen is fond of retweeting, if you brought someone to the present from 150 years ago, the only thing they would recognize is our school systems...

Speaking of different curriculum, there was some discussion in german media about math curriculum. Here is a math test for 10th graders in Berlin (in German): http://www.tagesspiegel.de/downloads/13756932/1/mathematikaufgaben.pdf They say the test is more on level for 7th graders.

The further you study math, the more you realize how deeply it pervades your daily life and how much better you are at making sense of what happens around you

If I were designing the curriculum I would push calculus to the front (teach a mini version of it) and also probability (and it’s friend game theory)….

Calculus is very important for engineers. I would probably teach discrete mathematics and history of mathematics for compsci and non-engineers.

@cedric: But how often does the average office worker or skilled worker need to do differential equations.

It's maybe a bit more like learning a second language.

You're missing the point. I need to blog about this, there is so much to say

It changes the way you think about things, the range of concepts you're able to conceive.

Exactly

Similar to how you mental model expands by tackling and understanding multiple programmatic paradigms.

That's true. For instance, you see a lot of recursive structures when you walk in the city. Regular tilings on the streets, then you think about biology and art and how everything is connected.

BTW: There is a crazy amazing series of documentaries by James Burke about "connections". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series)

That being said, most American students don't seem to make it past algebra, so...

Something, somewhere is defective.

Actually even a basic understanding of derivatives or differential calculus will open your eyes on many of the things that surround you

Cedric, I think you are overestimating what the “average” person gets from learning math. I think math is hugely beneficial for some people, but less beneficial for others.

Either too many features or not enough. Can’t win.

@cedric: kotlin has so far! 😄

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@nfrankel: Seems to me like you are solving a non-existing problem No numeric computation system ever allows comparing floats without an epsilon So your assumption that any of those snippets should work is wrong to begin with 😞 https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/feed/p1467563961000053

@supaham: Merged 🙂

haha 😄

One of the best PR I ever had thanks

@voddan: ok but then my assertion works

that's what puzzling me

I am trying to decide wether BigDecimal is numeric or symbolic to begin with

@nfrankel: if you want absolute precision, starting from a double is already a mistake. valueOf() starts by transforming the double to a string, and then the string to a BigDecimal. You'd better start from a string directly: val d = "0.1".toBigDecimal().

Is there some built-in command within the Intellij IDEA Terminal to open up e.g. a Java-file in the Intellij Editor - like so: "edit Test.java"?

If not, I suppose it's trivial to build such a batch-file...? Anyone done such a thing? I've forgotten the little I knew about batch-files from the DOS times...