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C is an abstraction. Assembly is an abstraction. Even physical transistors are abstractions. You can go down the ladder as deep as you wish, there is no bottom
by stared 11y ago
C is an abstraction. Assembly is an abstraction.
Even physical transistors are abstractions. You can go down the ladder as deep as you wish, there is no bottom. (Sure, you can delude yourself you that X is the fundamental level of Y... as long as you define Y properly.)
In this grand scheme of things, C is not better than Python. I don't mean the we should avoid going deeper. I mean that each level of abstraction has its own benefits.
BTW: How many of you started learning natural numbers not from counting fruits/blocks/candies, but from the ZF set theory axioms and the von Neumann construction?
- vram22 11y ago>How many of you started learning natural numbers not from counting fruits/blocks/candies, but from the ZF set theory axioms Ha ha, good one. I don't even know what the ZF set theory is. Not putting down theory either in general or in this case, of course.
- amagumori 11y agoZermelo-Fraenkel set theory, an axiomatic set theory that basically forms a logical "foundation" for math. I think this comparison of counting blocks to zf set theory is super hyperbolic and not accurate though.