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Was firing an over-reaction?

Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Mar 27, 2013 4:19 UTC (Wed) by tjc (subscriber, #137)
In reply to: Was firing an over-reaction? by apoelstra
Parent article: Blum: Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost

> For what it's worth, this problem is not nearly so bad in mathematics.

Part of that is due the nature of mathematics itself -- it is a beautiful thing, a transcendent truth untainted by lesser things. Computer Science is nearly so, but not quite.


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