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> Most of my code now is structured as tables, which greatly simplifies many transformations. There is no pressing need for typing tables, and anyway most of th
by porker 10y ago
> Most of my code now is structured as tables, which greatly simplifies many transformations. There is no pressing need for typing tables, and anyway most of these type systems really suck at "tables transformation algebra".
What do you mean by "tables"? I think of a database table of rows/columns, or a matrix.
- jstimpfle 10y agoExactly. Arrays of C structures. Python lists of (named?) tuples. Mathematically, simple relations. It helps if the language supports creation of indices / reshaping (table joins, filters, making hierarchies).