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If code is a relationship between the next state and the current state, then this state is data.
by akomtu 4y ago
If code is a relationship between the next state and the current state, then this state is data.
- galaxyLogic 4y agoWell said. Code stays as it is, typically. Data changes. Of course code can modify its own 'code". But that makes it much more difficult to reason about its behavior. It is good to have some "invariants". If we can assume that code does not change except when the human author changes it, then it becomes much easier to reason about the changes the program may cause to the data.