Re: [ossig] History Of Programming Languages ( was: History of ComputerScience)

[jipi <jipi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I also will like to recommend a book. This runs counter to the concept
>>of programming languages. It touches on the idea of programming itself..
>>strongly tied to mathematics/numerical methods. (phew! i definitely will
>>not be able to complete the book in my lifetime!)
>>http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html
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>I don't agree that TAOCP runs "counter to the concept of progamming
>languages". It's a (series of) book on algorithms, which is a
>different thing. The examples are in MMIX, which isn't exactly
>everyone's cup of tea though :). But it's an interesting approach to
>exploring algorithms.
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>-= Nur Hussein =-
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maybe what I am trying to say is that it does not focus on different 
programming languages but focuses on the idea of programming with 
numerical methods itself.

jipi


>[1] Which is also part of the reason I get offended when people keep
>claiming "university lecturers in Malaysia are no good". Like
>everything, some are good, some are not, and I know there are
>excellent lecturers out there, so sweeping generalisations doesn't do
>justice to our educators.
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