[plt-scheme] Project Euler

On May 5, 2007, at 19:02, Richard Cleis wrote:
> I am genuinely curious about what makes people want to study CS and  
> what they want to do when they are finished.

I was always attracted to programming's neat tricks and gems.  For  
20-25 years I wrote adequate programs that solved the problem of the  
day for the customer of the day, and then, while I was at BBN, I  
realized, while working with Ken Anderson, that I'd missed quite a  
lot, and he set me on the road to mend my ways.  I only realized how  
limited my knowledge was when I started to tackle bigger problems  
than those that are hard for humans but easy for computers.  I began  
to appreciate problems that are hard for computers too.

When a computer has to work as hard as a human to solve something  
new, there is some spiritual bond with and sympathy for the machine,  
at least from the human side.  Someday the machine may return the favor.

Geoffrey
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