hhhAndrew

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1. 31.▲
   by hhhAndrew 2y ago

   Mathematica. Usefully homoiconic with an underlying compute model of "get AST, pattern-match-and-replace within in, repeat until fixed point".
2. 32.▲
   by hhhAndrew 2y ago

   Greg Egan. Agree with others in this thread that Permutation City is the most important. But Diaspora is not to be missed either. Egan's unique value prop is: crazy-thought-experiment sci fi (2D world with 2 time dimensions is his late
3. 33.▲
   by hhhAndrew 2y ago

   This may be a great complement to the first half of the nand2tetris course.
4. 34.▲
   by hhhAndrew 3y ago

   Exactly. I have the same thought about Conway's Law aka "the software structure will end up matching the company's org chart". Conway's Law is not a code smell to be avoided. Avoiding it is sisyphean, a band-aid, an