[TUHS] The most surprising Unix programs

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Sat Mar 21 00:58:45 AEST 2020


Hi Larry,

Am 20.03.2020 um 15:52 schrieb Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com>:
> If someone understands how this all works, my less capable brain would
> love an explanation.  My dad and my kid have told me that classical
> music is math but I've never seen it.  Seems like this is probably
> the example I need.

For this topic I’d recommend the excellent book "Gödel, Escher, Bach:
An Eternal Golden Braid“ from Douglas R. Hofstadter which discusses
the relationship especially between Bach and math and also gives a
nice introduction into logic and philosopy.


Best regards — Dago

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