Edsger W. Dijkstra wrote an influential paper back in 1988 called On the cruelty of really teaching computing science, which advocated an approach strongly grounded in the study of formal systems. While I would be the first to admit that I am not fit to carry the late Dr.’s punch cards, I would say that [...]

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If I had been drawing a paycheck for every hour I spent working on Project Euler’s problem 328, I think my summer vacation would already be paid for. But instead, after a long ten days or so of distraction, I’ll have to settle for the satisfaction of being number 38 or 39 to solve it.

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