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See also: "Building Fizzbuzz in Fractran from the Bottom Up (2016)" [0] I'll repost my comment from that thread: >For some reason this makes me imagine an alt
by optimalsolver 3y ago
See also: "Building Fizzbuzz in Fractran from the Bottom Up (2016)" [0]
I'll repost my comment from that thread:
>For some reason this makes me imagine an alternate history sci-fi universe where Pythagoras (famous for his love of fractions) invents FRACTRAN. Then Archimedes builds a mechanical computer to execute those programs, and one of the successors of Alexander The Great puts the computer to use in warfare and conquers the world. Science is accelerated so that nuclear physics are invented by the time Jesus is born...
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28448283 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28448283
- jfoutz 3y agoI played a lot of the original civ as a kid. I'd be super disappointed if I didn't get railroads before 0. rush pyramids, democracy, tons of tiny self supporting towns. That game didn't really offer a way to convert other cities and towns sort of invasion. so I'd inevitably turn evil and conquer the world. Good times.
- jameshart 3y agoIn principle Minsky Machines are very similar to abacus algorithms. They do seem in the reach of ancient mathematics. Reducing them to FRACTRAN requires dealing with some VERY big numbers for not a lot of benefit. You’re probably dealing with those on an abacus anyway…
- tourgen 3y agoWho really knows what was in the Library of Alexandria before it was burned for the 6th or 7th time.
- warrenm 3y agoProbably a bunch of recipes But you could only read them after you unscrolled 50 feet of story about how much they enjoyed the buffet platters at Bel's temple as a kid before watching the sacrifices