A thousand times this. Mathematicians are spoilt by maths riches of eternal problems. CS ought to be too, but so many are instead fascinated by the 10 year, 2 y

A thousand times this. Mathematicians are spoilt by maths riches of eternal problems. CS ought to be too, but so many are instead fascinated by the 10 year, 2 year, 1 week problems around the fashion of a programming tool. No wonder everyone is always talking about the rapid pace of learning in high technology.