I' m not sure it makes a ton of sense either, even for an older book. OTOH, knowing a lot about programming language history/politics and knowing a lot about ma

I' m not sure it makes a ton of sense either, even for an older book. OTOH, knowing a lot about programming language history/politics and knowing a lot about math and rigorous CS theory tend to be negatively correlated in my experience. I know I should be demonstrating that assertion with hard numbers, but in my defense I do know a lot about programming language history and politics. ;)