(the 'grand unified' part is halfway jesting, but this is a nice generalization of the main requirements of programs.)
A program (software program), has at most two responsibilities: (1) State-management, and (2) Effects-propagation.
Every conversation, argument of import, runs into the same confusions of meaning. We all know how the meanings of words can shift with context. We all know how one man's meaning of a given word can differ substantially from another's. I'm not contributing anything new by commenting on this.
I have some elaborations on this idea that I believe can be helpful. These are inspired by, or taken directly from Gilles Deleuze's work in a book called "What is Philosophy."
(A parable, half serious, just a sketch)
Zara, labeled by reputation "Skeptic", showed up to town one day, took up residence in a travellers' house.
The Inquisitor questioned him over tea one morning:
Is Zara a believer in the Almighty?
| # credit https://www.programwitherik.com/how-to-create-a-linked-list-and-stack-in-javascript-2/ for the LinkedList implementation, | |
| # I just did the recursive remove_duplicates function. | |
| c = console.log.bind console | |
| LinkedList = -> | |
| @head = null | |
| LinkedList.prototype.push = (val) -> |
May 26, 2020
Terebinth is a company that produces computer-driven simulations.
| c = console.log.bind console | |
| util = require 'util' | |
| exec = util.promisify((require 'child_process').exec) | |
| chokidar = require 'chokidar' | |
| COMMAND_ONE = 'wasm-pack build --target web' |
| \documentclass[9pt, a4paper]{extarticle} | |
| \usepackage{fontspec} | |
| \usepackage{extsizes} | |
| \usepackage{hyperref} | |
| \usepackage{marginnote} | |
| \reversemarginpar | |
| \usepackage{csquotes} | |
| \usepackage{geometry} | |
| \geometry{a4paper, left=3.8cm, top=1cm, right=1.8cm, bottom=1cm, footskip=.5cm, marginparwidth=70pt} |
| c = console.log.bind console | |
| make_vertex = ({ k, addr, accd_set, remainder }) -> | |
| neighbors = {} | |
| remainder.reduce (acc, val, idx) -> | |
| # c val, idx |
| We hear that HGVs are invisible to radar on account of the atmospherically generated plasma shroud, but wouldn't that same shroud reveal extremely precise coordinates to a 1st tier infrared sensor? | |
| If EM doppler wasn't enough for ranging, triangulation would be. |
| c = console.log.bind console | |
| color = require 'bash-color' | |
| _ = require 'lodash' | |
| fp = require 'lodash/fp' | |
| # this one gives the array above the pivot, inclusive of the pivot. | |
| upper_rayy_incl = (rayy, pivot) -> | |
| [].concat rayy.slice(pivot) |
