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You want fries with that? Or, Software is Hard
- dspeyer 17y agoIs it my imagination, or does this article suddenly stop just before getting to the meat of its argument?
- smcq 17y agoI was quite curious what modern languages the author was referring to, wondering if I had missed some magical language boat that left without me.
- dreyfiz 17y agoMathematicians never complain that "this crusty-ass math is over thirty years old!" Or writers: "OMG, English is really old. Can't I use something newer like Esperanto?"
- roundsquare 17y agoWell, they would if we stopped using functions. Functions are relatively new as mathematics goes, and mathematicians would complain if they had to read Newton's original formulation of calculus.
- dreyfiz 17y agoSoftware is mathematics: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111151305785 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111151305785