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Why is it that when I look at equations it’s all just nonsense but send me a gist example and all the sudden it’s the music of the universe.
by batoure 8y ago
Why is it that when I look at equations it’s all just nonsense but send me a gist example and all the sudden it’s the music of the universe.
- dan-robertson 8y agoBecause the definitions (eg as seen in OP) describe how things may be synthesised but not what one might want to synthesise whereas a gist example just gives you something to stare at and decide if you can understand how it fits together. If all one has is the definitions one must build everything from scratch but with a preexisting example one can start at the top level and build an understanding down without needing to plan ahead through all the gory details. At first I wanted to finish this up dismissively by suggesting that maybe it’s just that only the easier things would end up in a gist but having thought about a tiny bit I think there’s a lot to gain from larger examples that won’t fit in half a column in a paper.