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Is using the word optics for other things than projecting light with glass a new thing? I do not recall seeing this word used for other purposes much say 10-15
by mongol 6y ago
Is using the word optics for other things than projecting light with glass a new thing? I do not recall seeing this word used for other purposes much say 10-15 years ago. Not a native English speaker but have read English for at least 30 years.
- 082349872349872 6y agoThe earliest Newton reference of which I am aware is Functional Programming with Bananas, Lenses, Envelopes and Barbed Wire (1991), where iirc both the bananas and the lenses are (visually!) optical. https://research.utwente.nl/en/publications/functional-programming-with-bananas-lenses-envelopes-and-barbed-w https://research.utwente.nl/en/publications/functional-progr... In particular, the metaphor isn't used in Algorithmics: Towards Programming as a Mathematical Activity (1986). https://ir.cwi.nl/pub/2686 https://ir.cwi.nl/pub/2686
- rainsil 6y agoI believe the concepts in the first paper are unrelated to those of modern lenses (i.e. functional references). See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17198072/how-is-anamorphism-related-to-lens https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17198072/how-is-anamorph...