Hi Monks

I hope to gather your opinions on the following:

1) Do you need to be good in mathematics in order to program well? In other words, is a solid grounding in mathematics a precondition to being able to program well?

2) Are people who have no training in Computer Science disadvantaged in how far they can get in programming?

3) Are some programming languages more "friendly" to learners who are not mathematically inclined and who received no formal training in Computer Science?

I'm very keen to hear what your responses are to the above thoughts.