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more on Gates: Lack of Computer Science Spending Is 'Kind of a Crime'
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:44:28 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Benjamin Kuipers <kuipers () cs utexas edu> Date: July 22, 2005 12:53:00 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: Ip ip <ip () v2 listbox com>Subject: Re: [IP] Gates: Lack of Computer Science Spending Is 'Kind of a Crime'
At 5:56 PM -0400 7/20/05, David Farber wrote:
... Gates said. "If they said they'd read 'The Art of Computer Programming' and they did all the problems, I'd hire them right away!"Klawe chimed in: "So would I!"
I wouldn't, because they'd be lying. For some of those problems, a solution would earn you a PhD, and a few might get you a Turing Award.
Someone who told me he had done "all the problems" is either lying, or he hasn't understood what he's read.
Ben -- Benjamin Kuipers, Professor email: kuipers () cs utexas edu Computer Sciences Department tel: 1-512-471-9561 University of Texas at Austin fax: 1-512-471-8885 Austin, Texas 78712 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~kuipers ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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