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Every program is fundamentally states and state transitions. You can be explicit about it or not, but the states and transitions are there regardless.
by dqpb 6y ago
Every program is fundamentally states and state transitions. You can be explicit about it or not, but the states and transitions are there regardless.
- amw-zero 6y agoAbsolutely. This is the definition of what computation is. Even in the lambda calculus, where everything is defined with pure functions, we build up state sequentially over time, based on previous values of the state. The fact that there’s no mutation under the hood is inconsequential.