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Dijkstra famously compared this to astronomers who have no interest in telescopes or observing. I love theory, would happily retire to it—but I can’t see how an
by brians 9y ago
Dijkstra famously compared this to astronomers who have no interest in telescopes or observing. I love theory, would happily retire to it—but I can’t see how anyone could have the right imagination calibration without lots of practice.
- dagw 9y agoDijkstra famously compared this to astronomers who have no interest in telescopes or observing That certainly isn't my interpretation of the quote (unless you're thinking of a different quote than the one I'm familiar with) The quote I know is: "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
- wiz21c 9y agoyep, the fact that computer sciences spend a lot of time on pen/paper/board and brings proofs without actually program them doesn't mean that CS researchers are not interested in code. Code is their ultimate goal, but it's an implementation detail :-)
- kaeluka 9y agoNo offence, but you sound like you haven't worked in or close to such a field. CS theory very often doesn't require coding at all, and coding would be barely helpful. edit: this is not a value statement.
- Chinjut 9y agoYou have definitely gotten Dijkstra's intent with that famous quote completely backwards…