Thursday, April 25, 2013

A one-sided chat with Kevin about the nature of CS

My friend Kevin, a physics student from Australia, likes to ask me random questions over Facebook chat.

Kevin:
What are the main opportunities and purposes of programming?
(besides doing numerical calculations)

Me:
The way I see it is that the ability to do calculations quickly lets you automate all sorts of processes.
That sounds boring, but the possibilities are endless--