Form and content in computer science

Authors:
Marvin Minsky
Affiliations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Venue:
ACM Turing award lectures
Year:
2007

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Abstract

An excessive preoccupation with formalism is impeding the development of computer science. Form-content confusion is discussed relative to three areas: theory of computation, programming languages, and education.