16 Jan
2009
16 Jan
'09
3:20 p.m.
Steve Schafer
But if the building is a run-of-the-mill design, then the engineer checking it is unlikely to use anything beyond simple algebra. It's only in case of unusual structures and one-offs (skyscrapers, most anything built in Dubai these days, etc.) that engineers will really get down and dirty with the math.
Heh, nice analogy which I suspect many math-happy Haskell programmers will be happy to embrace. (Who wants to churn out run-of-the-mill mass-market stuff from the assembly line anyway?) -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants