Re: Dumbing down?

Ken Tilton wrote:

Suppose I hack up a little finite state machine to help me come to grips with a hairy little bit of functionality (IPC over a mechanism where either party can be expected to go South at the most awkward of times). Is that math? Asking, not arguing.

IMHO, yes. Well, the computer science faculty of the university where I studied originated in the math department "applied mathematics, particularly computer science", hence I would categorize automata theory as applied mathematics, which covers finite state machines.

Regards,
Christian
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