From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8426d01eb3f1d86b5f9e8a50efb3e8c6@ladd.quanstro.net> References: <94b72a275de4f8e6440aa79508edb7a4@terzarima.net> <8426d01eb3f1d86b5f9e8a50efb3e8c6@ladd.quanstro.net> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:27:04 -0700 Message-ID: From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd25882f720580493c59aaa Subject: Re: [9fans] A little more ado about async Tclunk Topicbox-Message-UUID: 728a836e-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd25882f720580493c59aaa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:26 AM, erik quanstrom 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 :-). Sometimes it's nice to do things less abstract. Dave --000e0cd25882f720580493c59aaa Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:26 AM, erik q= uanstrom <qua= nstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> Category Theory really doesn't say too much in g= eneral, but oddly enough it
> applies nicely to computer science. =A0What's that mean? :-)

that they're both abstract nonsense.

- erik


Yeah... the most fun I had making someth= ing concrete was last weekend when I wore to nasty blisters into my hands d= ebarking about 170 feet of 18 inch logs for a structure to camp under year = round. =A0Computer software doesn't often leave one with much to stand = back and admire. =A0At least not so much that non-software people can appre= ciate with you :-).

Sometimes it's nice to do things less abstract.

Dave
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