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On 5/16/2011 12:47 AM, Lew wrote:
> 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.
>


He missed it by *that much*, too.... ;)