Comment on Programming languages to watch: LiveScript, Julia, ElixirparentComments−tel13yWhile that's true, I can't believe that given its numerical bent it'll take anything less than an incredible push to move it to a more general playing field.−StefanKarpinski13yShh! Don't tell anyone but all computing is numerical computing.−tel13yI... disagree. Strongly? In fact almost feel the opposite, that "numerical work" is a subset of computing.What would you call a lambda calculus reducer numerically?−zeckalpha13yA De Bruijn reducer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bruijn_index−tel13ySure, but that's hardly numerical. It's algebraic.
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While that's true, I can't believe that given its numerical bent it'll take anything less than an incredible push to move it to a more general playing field.
Shh! Don't tell anyone but all computing is numerical computing.
I... disagree. Strongly? In fact almost feel the opposite, that "numerical work" is a subset of computing.
What would you call a lambda calculus reducer numerically?
A De Bruijn reducer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bruijn_index
Sure, but that's hardly numerical. It's algebraic.