On Sunday 12 November 2006 14:44, JJ Gitties wrote: > On 11/11/06, John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very little of programming is mathematical. > > The logic involved is usually no more than find the RED ball. > > > > Programming is mostly moving stuff around, getting it from here > > and putting it there. More akin to organizing your closet than > > math. > > I always thought Comp. Sci was a branch of math. What about algorithms and > efficiency analysis?
I've never heard of "efficiency analysis", but there is a branch of computer science which deals with the efficiency of algorithms called Complexity Theory. It is - or can be - heavily mathematical. At my university it was simply a part of the computer science department, unaffiliated with the maths department (although it was next door) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
