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Daily tweets about computer science and related stuff @JohnDCook.
Joined November 2010
Online REPL for lambda calculus
lambdaexplorer.com
Online REPL and interactive tutorial for the Lambda Calculus
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The difference between Turing equivalent and Turing complete
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Summing a list of floating point numbers when the obvious approach isn't accurate enough
johndcook.com
Sometimes the most obvious way to sum a list of numbers is not adequate. There are tricks to squeeze out more accuracy without using extended precision.
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Turing-machines and λ-calculus are equivalent only w.r.t. the functions they can define. Maybe not complexity.
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'The hardest problem in computer science is not being an opinionated jerk about everything.' -- @ntakayama
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The development practices behind the Curiosity Mars mission: 'Mars Code' by Gerard Holzmann
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Weakly typed languages work better in practice than in theory. "You intend your function to take two integers, but what if someone passes it an armadillo and a kazoo?" "Have you ever seen someone pass an armadillo and a kazoo to a function expecting two integers?"
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Reasoned Programming https://t.co/XpQ3QHL0jN // 311 page pdf
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It is is is costing you more than money. You are not broken, just stuck. You can get unstuck. If you’re ready, I’m here.
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The C code below compiles and prints "hello, world".
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