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Tell this to Alan Turing or Alonzo Church.

• JoeAltmaier 16y ago
  Yes, and if you come up with a new theory of computer science, then run off to the patent office. But if (like most of us) you write A program, then its a program, not an equation or a theorem or anything else mathematical.
  • amalcon 16y ago
    I think you miss the point. The fundamental insights that both Alan Turing and Alonzo Church independently had was that a program is an algorithm (or, more precisely, a numerical representation of an algorithm), which is mathematical by definition.
    • JoeAltmaier 16y ago
      And a lathe is an algorithm, and a cell, and ...
      • amalcon 16y ago
        I've had this argument several times before, and frankly I'm not interested in having it again right now. If you want to understand, I suggest reading the Wikipedia page on algorithms for a start. If you don't, this is also fine by me.