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Re: [tlug] Making programming easier... or something like that



On 2012-10-29 22:48 +0900 (Mon), Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> I accept that they also think better (in their fields -- consider
> Nobelist John Nash)...

Just to pick holes in your example:

His Nobel Prize was for economics, which was not his field, and he felt
that a small consolation for his failure to win the premier prize of his
field, the Fields Medal.

And yes, this is completely off-topic and really just kindling for a
pointless arugment. :-)

cjs
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It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
    --Alan Perlis, Epigrams on Programming (#7)


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