I've heard it stated that the average 4th grader of today is probably better at arithmetic than Leonardo Da Vinci ever was. This seems plausible given the far better tools we now have.
On 5/21/07, Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dan Bron writes in http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DanBron/Naive Eratosthenes didn't know any programming languages, and I know several. Yet, I am not confident that, if [he] had not invented [the sieve], I would have. I believe you understate the overwhelming advantages you have over Eratosthenes. Among them: - algebra - Arabic positional number system - initimate familiarity with the 4 basic arithmetic operations - number systems, in particular the integers and rationals A bright (top 10%, say) student in High School mathematics should be able to invent the prime sieve. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Bron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:04 pm Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] How can I get a list containing of every multiple of2 less than or equal to 27? > Terrence Brannon wrote: > > > I'm sure many of you are suspecting that I am doing a > > naive implementation of ... I think Roger's solution > > ... is optimized and hence not acceptable. > > Like others, I am annoyed by the concept of a language shootout > which forces you to use a naive implementation. > > What is the point of comparing languages if you're not allowed to > use the advantages intrinsic to each language? > > My Op Ed piece is here: > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DanBron/Naive > > -Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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