On Sunday 12 November 2006 04:44, 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?
What about it? Efficiency analysis is a BUSINESS concept, cost control, etc. If one makes the claim that just because math might be used in a field of endeavor the entire field belongs in the math department there would be no need for anything BUT the math department. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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