On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:44:23 +0200, andrel wrote:

> I don't have statistics, just my personal experience to draw upon. And
> going to church or being religious is rather uncommon here. From the
> people I worked with I know only 2 who did, even if there were 10 times
> as many that I do no know of, it would still be less than 10%

It's fair to say that the demographic would be different in different 
parts of the world.  The US tends to be a lot more religious, even though 
that wasn't (at least as interpreted by many/most here) the intent of the 
founders.

> It may be different in the US. Even so how do you explain this book:
> http://www.amazon.com/Things-Computer-Scientist-Language-Information/
dp/157586326X
> Note to the people not in the field: Don Knuth is a big name in CS.
> Known a.o. for 'The art of computer programming' and TeX

I have a lot of respect for Knuth, but a sample size of 1 isn't a real 
good sample size for a statistical analysis. :-)

Jim

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