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A sufficiently high-level static-typed language is similar to Math. Are mathematicians 'just end-users' to someone? In your world of abstractions you are the go
by CmonDev 13y ago
A sufficiently high-level static-typed language is similar to Math. Are mathematicians 'just end-users' to someone? In your world of abstractions you are the god.
- chriswarbo 13y agoMaths is a noble pursuit that's been around for millenia. The greatest achievement that a programmer can aspire to is writing/improving/optimising the libraries (linear algebra solvers, numerical routines, etc.) which enable Mathematical advances. On the other hand, Mathematicians are just those people who write blog posts which tell the Web designers which type of graphs to use in the analytics section of their app, once all of the real work has been done. Everything is relative.
- CmonDev 13y agoAre you aware that programming itself is a branch of mathematics? Don't put things on pedestal. "The greatest achievement that a mathematician can aspire to is helping to improve software, for even our minds are software."
- chriswarbo 13y agoErm, yes? That was exactly my point, hence my contrast of two completely opposite viewpoints and the claim that it's relative.
- pdubs 13y agoNever more relevant... http://xkcd.com/435/ http://xkcd.com/435/
- atmosx 13y agoThat's genius, I have a huge respect for 'xkcd' really. Some presentations are beyond amazing. That said I think it's spot on, Mathematics is the language of the Universe.
- MaysonL 13y agoHe forgot category theorists...
- splintercell 13y agoMy friends made an improvisation to the comic: http://i.imgur.com/etuhc8z.jpg http://i.imgur.com/etuhc8z.jpg