Scott David Daniels wrote: > Magnus Lycka wrote: > >> It seems to me that *real* computer scientists are very rare. > > I suspect the analysis of algorithms people are among that group. > It is intriguing to me when you can determine a lower and upper > bound on the time for the best solution to a problem relatively > independent of the particular solution.
On the other hand, you could argue that algorithms and mathematics are branches of philosophy rather than science. :) Very useful for science, just as many other parts of philosophy, but algorithms are really abstract concepts that stand on their own, regardless of the physical world. But perhaps that distinction is fuzzy. After all, all philosophical theories rest on observations of the world, just as scientific theories. Hm...we're really far off topic now. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
