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The lambda calculus admits no notion of mutability, while the Turing machine is all about mutating locations on a tape. So I would argue that functional programming is really about immutability. A language is a functional programming langua
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54. Beware of the Turing tar-pit in which everything is possible but nothing of interest is easy. —Alan Perlis, Epigrams on Programming
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Humans rely on vegetables and insects for survival. Overuse of antibiotics can lead to the development of high levels of resistance.
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I don't believe his radio show is still on air, but yes.
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- Python is better than MATLAB for numerics now. - Mathematica is better than the other stuff for symbolics still and it has a really nice interface. For basic stuff the Python libraries work fine. Check out Maple and its clones too. - C is
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This is a big win for nVidia on the supercomputer side of things. They will soon have to face integrated CPU-GPU solutions from Intel and AMD which greatly simplify the process of building and programming a supercomputer. They've just one-u
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A universal binary format would be something like what Apple uses now to support both PowerPC and x86 versions of an application within the same file.
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I wonder if he realizes that "the experts" include a massive cartel that openly fixes prices.
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Using information theory to improve communication prosthetics(cyrus.omar.name)
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