On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 06:08:25PM -0800, Darren New wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 05:15:14PM -0800, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > >>Yes, but the difference is that the background info for mathematics *is* > >>precise. There is a directly derivable chain from very few, very simple > >>first principles the whole way through partial derivatives to the > >>simplification that derives the chain rule you talk about. This is > >>simply *not true* for programming in general. > > > >We use carefully crafted physics/math software to efficiently communicate > >your "directly derivable chain" as little or as far back as anyone wants to > >go. That is how software comes into this. Programming is just a > >communication tool. > > How does that differ from using math?
I've already explained this multiple times. Read my previous posts and paraphrase what I said regarding this to show me you've actually read them and them I'll answer this question. cs -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
