Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Did the sort do anything? Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 03:47:26 -0400 Organization: albasani.net Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.albasani.net QutcwhbBYt6OoBsxCqtmGkUZN1TiQ5Fxtsml23nWFZjLhPiT4UKvRHHvbwT/6L12OTKQ7lsT6DbGtxvbVQpbTQeqS5qwrvghxvWv8T3L6XaaTx2h9Vfd3EE2n4gUqrwT NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 07:47:22 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="TlACqfQDB6b5QJDRksiXuAjmacbQAhbvMPt2EjufW0dBVIBaO2+iMCf/qZGdsuTByolobpaUYR5h4gav2l3FrMAYfA4G6zUS/KdDVAZ1Y5nArYtvtxTAmW7sJc4P93sJ"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Thunderbird/3.1.10 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:ELUM/b5dwVMktd5/MdY18hdQ+Z8= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4152 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > Joshua Cranmer wrote: >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> ... I’m still not sure I understand his remark that “computer science is >>> no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes”. >> In Dijkstra's day, I would say that the greater focus on computer >> science was on the algorithmic research. > Ah, the old “algorithm” versus “program” meaningless dichotomy. Ah, the old imitate Maxwell Smart in a meaningless attempt to sound sage trick. -- Lew Honi soit qui mal y pense. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg