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C++ is a legacy language when it comes to data representation. Its ideas on what constitutes 'data' are from a different era. That is not a criticism of C++ or
by tathougies 8y ago
C++ is a legacy language when it comes to data representation. Its ideas on what constitutes 'data' are from a different era. That is not a criticism of C++ or its utility. It is just a fact that data representation has changed a lot since the time of C++s development.
Products and coproduct types are not academic wankery.
- romed 8y agoThe machine does not think about category theory. The machine thinks about numbers. It can add them together! The way the machine thinks about numbers has not meaningfully changed in 40+ years.
- tathougies 8y agoProduct and coproduct types are not category theory (what is that?)