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Definite upvote. That essay is insanely fascinating; I tend to re-read it every few months.
by warfangle 17y ago
Definite upvote. That essay is insanely fascinating; I tend to re-read it every few months.
- michael_dorfman 17y agoI like the article, too, but I'm always disappointed when it doesn't cover Knuth's up-arrow, which seems absurdly relevant.
- ableal 17y agoThanks. Obviously http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth%27s_up-arrow_notation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth%27s_up-arrow_notation Shorter read: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/K/Knuths_up-arrow_notation.html http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/K/Knuths_up-arrow_... , which comes quickly to next step: Three up-arrows together represent a still more vastly powerful operator, equivalent to hyper5 or pentation, or a power tower of power towers