Comment on Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine (1989)parentComments−gliese133713ySomeone like Feynman is capable of inventing a new language for parallel computing and correctly simulating its execution by hand.That's a much more impressive skill than just learning another language.−AceJohnny213yI don't think so. He didn't invent a new language, but extended an existing one. And I simulate what a program does in my head all the time when debugging (including multithreaded stuff, but I agree that's hard).
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Someone like Feynman is capable of inventing a new language for parallel computing and correctly simulating its execution by hand.
That's a much more impressive skill than just learning another language.
I don't think so. He didn't invent a new language, but extended an existing one. And I simulate what a program does in my head all the time when debugging (including multithreaded stuff, but I agree that's hard).