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Re: Types in Mathematica

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• Subject: [mg62636] Re: Types in Mathematica
• From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
• Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:06:16 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: The University of Western Australia
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In article <dm1ak3$i1n$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
 "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons at globalsymmetry.com> wrote:

> I will concede that experience in mathematics and physics can also develop
> the kinds of thinking which programming experience can develop.

Actually, much of the thinking involved in mathematics and physics 
_transcends_ the kinds of thinking which programming experience can 
develop. Extensive knowledge of mathematics and physics definitely 
assists Mathematica programming, more so than in other languages because 
of the high-level functionality. The "physics" or "mathematics" way of 
thinking often assists implementations of algorithms in Mathematica. 
This is, I think, the key point of this thread.

Cheers,
Paul

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• References:
  • Re: Re: Re: Types in Mathematica
    • From: "Virgilio, Vincent - SSD" <Vincent.Virgilio@itt.com>
  • Re: Types in Mathematica
    • From: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@globalsymmetry.com>