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From: johnf@apollo.uucp (John Francis)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Abuse on the net (defence of Tom Duff)
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Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 10:48:57 EST
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I was disapointed (although not suprised) to see abuse piled on the head
of Tom Duff for his comments on an earlier diatribe. I felt that the tone
of his message was astonishingly constrained, and that he made a cogent
analysis of the attitude shown by other contributors to this newsgroup
(an analysis only too well confirmed by later submissions).
If this is the Tom Duff that I think it is then he knows what he is
talking about - he probably has a better knowledge of mathematics than
most of the other contributors to this newsgroup, and has found the
synergy between mathematics and computer science so often lacking in
this industry. If you don't believe me, just attend the next conference
where he is giving a paper and listen with an open mind.

And before people start attacking ME for not knowing mathematics or
computer science - I have a degree in mathematics from Cambridge
University, and fourteen years experience in the computer industry.