... <1172155799.675959@vasbyt.isdsl.net> news@absamail.co.za wrote: 2 independant issues here: 1. I'm still searching for material re. "the mathementical/formal foundation[s] of computing" to help move programming away from an art towards a science. Patterns seem to be a heuristic step in that direction ?...

... <1172155799.675959@vasbyt.isdsl.net> news@absamail.co.za wrote: 2 independant issues here: 1. I'm still searching for material re. "the mathementical/formal foundation[s] of computing" to help move programming away from an art towards a science. Patterns seem to be a heuristic step in that direction ?...

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...> 1. I'm still searching for material re. "the mathementical/formal foundation[s] of computing" to help move programming away from ...dead end. It is no more possible to create a mathematical/formal foundation[s] of computing than it is to create one of .... The foundation is craft. Math builds on that foundation. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you ...