On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:26 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:

> Category Theory really doesn't say too much in general, but oddly enough it
> applies nicely to computer science. What's that mean? :-)

that they're both abstract nonsense.

- erik

Yeah... the most fun I had making something concrete was last weekend when I wore to nasty blisters into my hands debarking about 170 feet of 18 inch logs for a structure to camp under year round. Computer software doesn't often leave one with much to stand back and admire. At least not so much that non-software people can appreciate with you :-).