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Gerald Jay Sussman: The Role of Programming (Dan Friedman's 60th Birthday)
William Byrd
Gerald Jay Sussman speaks at Dan Friedman's 60th birthday celebration about how programming helps formulate and clarify ideas. He argues that ambiguous mathematical notation hinders understanding.
Cited for Sussman's argument that programs make ideas precise in a way standard math notation does not.
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