[Edu-sig] Programming for Fun Quote

[Kirby Urner]

At 12:43 AM 9/27/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>A nice quote by Chris Langreiter [Vanilla author]
>
>...
>Programming is about languages much much more than about 'mathematics' -


I would agree with the quote except I don't think
mathematics *has* to be infinitely abstract.  One
of the joys of applying programming to math is you
tend to make it (math) more concrete.  And that can
provide a more secure basis for subsequent abstraction.

Kirby