Why Study Latin?

I've read some good arguments for learning Latin - Brandy wrote an apology for Latin at Afterthoughts and I found another here but last week I watched this video of an interview with a computer programmer who relates how Latin and Maths intertwined in his work.
This was interesting to me partly because I hadn't heard an argument from this point of view and partly because my husband took Latin in highschool, studied electrical engineering at university and has worked with computer systems for many years and I've often wondered if his Latin study helped him acquire the analytical, thinking and creative skills he has.
It's interesting that the creative aspect of the work of people involved in areas such as computer science, mathematics and engineering isn't always recognised and I admit that I used to think it was all technical and rigid and the arts was where the creative people were to be found, but I've been learning that creativity takes many forms, that an engineer's eye for detail is also a creative gift.



Why Study Latin? from Rob Baddorf on Vimeo.
Math and Latin educator Bill Carey gives some surprising answers to why students should study Latin. Two of his answers to the question are given...in Latin.