On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Rui Maciel <rui.mac...@gmail.com> wrote: > rusi wrote: > >> Heh! I am reminded: >> Some years ago a new reprint of Knuth's Art of Programming had on the >> back cover something to the effect that this was 'classical CS.' >> >> So what then is pop-CS, folk-CS? > > Knuth's work is undoubtedly classic. >
Classic, yes, but the book said "classical", which is a style of music covering Bach interwoven with Spohr and Beethoven (at classical Monday pops). The billiard sharp whom anyone catches... oops, never mind that bit. I suppose it'd still be the art of programming, just a slightly different art. That would explain, though, why so many computer programmers enjoy music... ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
