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`add` is just another manipulation on guido's part. `sum` is the name of the concept.
by keymone 7y ago
`add` is just another manipulation on guido's part. `sum` is the name of the concept.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoOne more time: Are you talking about a specific feature in a language, or are you talking about mathematics?
- keymone 7y agoa concept in programming
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoThen what is your basis for saying that the sum of a sequence is more important than the sum of two numbers? Given associativity, the sum of a sequence is the same as recursively taking the sum of two numbers. Going the other direction, if you have the sum of a sequence, then the sum of two numbers is obviously included in that. The two approaches therefore seem completely equivalent to me. So why say that one is the more important concept?
- keymone 7y agoBecause it’s more general