Re: A good book
From: Chris Smith <cdsmith_at_twu.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:50:09 -0600
Message-ID: <MPG.1f18930b637fe96598975b_at_news.altopia.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:50:09 -0600
Message-ID: <MPG.1f18930b637fe96598975b_at_news.altopia.net>
paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote:
> a) if 'elegant' means minimal (what I like to think even though I've
> known people who thought it meant terse or symmetrical or somehow
> pretty) a lot of bright philosphers over a lot of years managed to get
> the common understanding of fopl notation and operators down to a pretty
> small/minimal set (nand/nor, exists, forall). that seems promising for
> minimal code.
Since we're discussing Dijkstra, of course, elegant means "ingeniously simple and effective". :)
In any case, I'm not trying to start a newsgroup debate, although I'd read one if it started. I'm just looking for background material.
-- Chris Smith - Lead Software Developer / Technical Trainer MindIQ CorporationReceived on Sat Jul 08 2006 - 00:50:09 CEST