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I've often imagined a system that tries to build consensus around which (content-addressed) code snippets can be treated as pure functions with (content-address
by __MatrixMan__ 4y ago
I've often imagined a system that tries to build consensus around which (content-addressed) code snippets can be treated as pure functions with (content-addressed) memorized outputs and which ones need to be rerun.
If you're on a well-worn-path you could operate mostly by lookup and only run the code if something doesn't smell right.
- wereallterrrist 4y agoUnison (lang) ?
- __MatrixMan__ 4y agoIndeed. I'm watching that one closely, although I haven't made time to do much coding in it. Even if it turns out to be perfect in every way though, it takes a long time for the masses to adopt new languages. I think it might be worth finding ways to build consensus around claims like: > this particular bit of python can be treated like a pure function ...even though there aren't any guarantees built into the language.