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Philosophically speaking there's a great difference. Data shuffling doesn't —in principle— lose information; computation does. ("evaluation is forgetting") In
by 082349872349872 2y ago
Philosophically speaking there's a great difference.
Data shuffling doesn't —in principle— lose information; computation does. ("evaluation is forgetting")
In https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32498382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32498382 "glue code" and "parsley code" are data shuffling, while "crunch code" is computation.
- tossandthrow 2y agoSurely someone could find a taxonomy that makes a distinction... I guess we have to colive in a world where both views are true.
- 082349872349872 2y agoLuckily we have a whole partial order of equalities from which we all may choose, et de gustibus. (compare https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40714086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40714086 )