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I don't see the connection. An example of yin-yang for me in this field is centralization vs. decentralization. We've been through a few cycles already. 1. mai
by dnprock 7y ago
I don't see the connection. An example of yin-yang for me in this field is centralization vs. decentralization. We've been through a few cycles already.
1. mainframes (centralization)
2. PC (decentralization)
3. internet and cloud (centralization)
4. now with mobile, crypto/blockchain (decentralization)
- martyalain 7y agoWhy not? For me yin/yang is connected to abstraction/application, abstraction delaying the evaluation of an expression and application forcing the evaluation. {lambda {x y} {+ x y}} delay the evaluation of {+ x y} and {{lambda {x y} {+ x y}} 3 4} forces the evaluation of {+ 3 4} to 7. The article tries to gently introduce, in a few lines without grey areas, concepts in programming languages which are not so easy to understand, a few data structures, pairs and lists, and recursion without any strange Y-combinator ... implicitely used in the long convoluted expression full of lambdas and explained in long in the two links given at the bottom of the page. This short article is a gentle call to read longer introductions on the making of a functional language for the web. Not a philosophical reflexion on Taoism.