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Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 23:09:49 +1000
Subject: Re: Python and Math
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On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> The provers call the calculators as "Just applied not pure mathematicians"
> The calculators say of the provers: "They are not mathematicians but logicians"
> (or philosophers)" [Chris had a funny quote on this a few weeks ago]

Which Chris? I don't remember either reading or writing such a quote,
and would like to. There are a good few Chrises on this list :)

ChrisA