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Article #11059Re: Hardware Support for Numeric Algorithms
From: J. Giles
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:48
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:48
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In article <id.6S0V.FKH@ferranti.com>, peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes: |> 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? Well, I can't speak for Dr. Rubin nor for the designers of any language. However, deliberate obfuscation is a *plausible* explanation for some of the features of a certain popular language. ;>) -- J. Giles
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Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!lanl!cochiti.lanl.gov!jlg From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (J. Giles) Subject: Re: Hardware Support for Numeric Algorithms Message-ID: <1992Nov17.184843.11925@newshost.lanl.gov> Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory References: <BxLupy.M9K@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <721627374@sheol.UUCP> <Bxpoy9.GD6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <id.6S0V.FKH@ferranti.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:48:43 GMT Lines: 17