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This has nothing to do with optics, which is a branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light.
by itronitron 2y ago
This has nothing to do with optics, which is a branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light.
- Xophmeister 2y agoIt’s a metaphor.
- wbl 2y agohttps://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/lens+%28in+computer+science%29 https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/lens+%28in+computer+science%29
- fn-mote 2y agoThis is why I read the comments before I click on the link. :)
- solomonb 2y agoWords can have many uses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_(disambiguation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_(disambiguation) > In computer science, optics are a general class of bidirectional transformations
- signaru 2y agoThe name, monocle, also further misleads those expecting the physics topic. They actually have a nice logo with a lens and the lambda symbol which is often the symbol used for wavelength.
- evertedsphere 2y ago"this has nothing to do with classes, which in sociology and related fields are strata which society can be analysed as being divided into"
- dpratt 2y agoImagine my disappointment when I spent the time to set up a Cassandra instance and it did not immediately materialize a demigod woman who knew the answers to everything but was cursed to have no one believe her.
- dkarl 2y agoVirtually everything in computer science is a metaphor. A computer was a human being before it was a machine. A block of memory, an array of values, an index into a structure, most of the vocabulary we use every day is built out of metaphors.