From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!uwvax!jon Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Dijkstra: programming=math? Article-I.D.: uwvax.364 Posted: Tue May 11 09:39:50 1982 Received: Wed May 12 00:51:23 1982 Many people have claimed that the only thing mathematical about programming is the occasional heavy use of arithmetic. ******************************************* * Arithmetic is to Mathematics * * as * * Assignment statements are to Programs * *******************************************