On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:05:06 -0500
Kirk Sluder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#> And there is something that is missing here in arguing about computer
#> language notations in relationship to human language readability, or
#> correspondence to spoken language. I'm not writing code for another
#> human, I'm writing code for a machine. Often, the optimum expression
#> of an mathematical concept for a machine is relatively baroque
#> compared to the optimum expression for a human being.
Well, the memorable quote from "Structure and Interpretation of Computer
Programs" states that "Programs should be written for people to read,
and only incidentally for machines to execute."
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