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Re: Is Python "venerable"?

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Date 2013-02-20 20:20 +1100
Subject Re: Is Python "venerable"?
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.2090.1361352053.2939.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@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

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Is Python "venerable"? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-02-19 21:45 -0500
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-02-20 03:09 +0000
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? Barry W Brown <brownbar@gmail.com> - 2013-02-19 19:53 -0800
    Re: Is Python "venerable"? Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-02-20 16:03 +0000
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-02-19 23:03 -0500
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-20 04:15 +0000
    Re: Is Python "venerable"? rh <richard_hubbe11@lavabit.com> - 2013-02-20 11:28 -0800
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-02-19 23:10 -0500
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-02-19 20:42 -0800
    Re: Is Python "venerable"? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 09:08 +0000
      Re: Is Python "venerable"? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 20:20 +1100
        Re: Is Python "venerable"? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 02:49 -0800
    Re: Is Python "venerable"? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-02-20 10:19 +0100
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? Albert Hopkins <marduk@letterboxes.org> - 2013-02-20 06:03 -0500
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? Steve Simmons <square.steve@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 12:35 +0100
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 22:45 +1100
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? rh <richard_hubbe11@lavabit.com> - 2013-02-20 11:29 -0800
  Re: Is Python "venerable"? Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-02-20 10:33 -0500

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