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I want to budget cognitive learning cycles to learning lambda calculus, but I've tried superficially a couple of times and couldn't find a practical reason to d
by PopeDotNinja 8y ago
I want to budget cognitive learning cycles to learning lambda calculus, but I've tried superficially a couple of times and couldn't find a practical reason to do so. Prioritizing picking up a more nuts & bolts skill has always seemed more engaging and lucrative. If I already know some Lisp-ish stuff from languages I already know, is there some benefit to picking up Lambda Calculus that isn't super obvious?
- ptero 8y agoJust my 2c -- maybe not, this is just a way of thinking about problems that might come handy in some usually unexpected way. Also, it could be cool to mumble to your geek friends on use cases of alpha conversion and beta reduction. Seriously though, I do not know Lisp, but if you know OCaml you probably have a good feel for lambda calculus just from practical application of the language. My 2c.
- PopeDotNinja 8y agoLearning OCaml is something I've wanted to do. I'll add this to the list of reasons to learn it :) Thanks!