On 05/12/2013 05:59 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2013 19:04:31 -0400
"Jonathan M Davis" <[email protected]> wrote:
On Friday, May 10, 2013 14:31:00 H. S. Teoh wrote:
As they say in information theory: it is the stuff that stands out,
that is different from the rest, that carries the most information.
The stuff that's pretty much repeated every single time conveys
very little information.
This is an excellent way of looking at language design (and program
design for that matter).
Not to mention data compression ;)
A program is a compressed representation of its possible executions.
