From: Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>
Subject: Re: Ada for a programming newb.
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:09:30 -0400
Date: 2003-09-19T11:09:30-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1063984170.101129@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ghEab.3142$DM5.31911@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net>
chris wrote:
> What rubbish! Computing started with maths and is a form of
> mathematics. A great deal of maths is side effect free.
Computing started in the 1600s when Blaise Pascal invented
an adding machine. It used side effects (movable wheels) to
do its work.
<http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story088.htm>
Those who do not learn from history are apt to make silly
statements about it.
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-14 20:36 Ada for a programming newb Kyle Root
2003-09-14 21:15 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-09-14 21:29 ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-09-15 14:46 ` Jarimatti Valkonen
2003-09-18 17:31 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-18 19:33 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-09-18 20:19 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-09-18 20:30 ` chris
2003-09-19 1:38 ` Mark Lorenzen
2003-09-19 3:17 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-09-19 14:25 ` chris
2003-09-19 15:09 ` Hyman Rosen [this message]
2003-09-19 15:12 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-09-19 15:13 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-09-19 15:42 ` Preben Randhol
2003-09-19 18:00 ` Stephane Richard
2003-09-21 1:16 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-09-19 15:51 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-09-22 12:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-09-22 12:04 ` chris
2003-09-22 12:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-09-22 12:28 ` Stephane Richard
2003-09-22 19:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-09-23 9:30 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-09-23 17:49 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-09-24 9:53 ` Preben Randhol
2003-09-19 1:44 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-09-19 13:30 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-19 3:09 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-19 21:40 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-09-21 15:09 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-19 16:34 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-09-19 23:57 ` Isaac Gouy
2003-09-20 7:20 ` Anders Wirzenius
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