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Article #11017Re: Hardware Support for Numeric Algorithms
From: peter da silva
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:37
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:37
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In article <Bxpoy9.GD6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
> There is jargon and there is jargon. I know of no case in which anybody
> in mathematics or statistics deliberately introduced jargon for the purpose
> of obfuscation, or deliberately introduced notation which conflicted with
> notation in another field.
So you're making the claim that computer language syntax was deliberately
introduced to obfuscate or conflict with another field? Is that really
what you mean here, or am I putting words in your mouth?
--
Peter da Silva / 77487-5012 USA / +1 713 274 5180
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Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) Subject: Re: Hardware Support for Numeric Algorithms Message-ID: <id.6S0V.FKH@ferranti.com> Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <BxLupy.M9K@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <721627374@sheol.UUCP> <Bxpoy9.GD6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:37:57 GMT Lines: 14