I don't know, I don't speak Haskell. --Doug
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Nicholas Thompson < [email protected]> wrote: > Could be!**** > > ** ** > > Ok. Now that that is behind us, what did the message mean? **** > > ** ** > > N**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Douglas > Roberts > *Sent:* Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:02 PM > > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Tautologies and other forms of circular reasoning.* > *** > > ** ** > > Nick,**** > > ** ** > > I surprised that you are not more conversant in computer languages. > You're always, well, niggling about the meaning of this word, or that one > in the context of this or that conversation.**** > > ** ** > > With computer languages, there are very few ambiguities, contextual or > other wise. Kind of like mathematics. For one as worried as you often > appear to be about the true meaning of the written word, I would have > thought that you would positively revel at the ability to express yourself > with nearly absolute crystal clarity, no ambiguities whatsoever.**** > > ** ** > > Could it be that you seek out the ambiguities that are ever present in > human languages to give yourself something to pounce upon and worry over, > and to provide the opportunity to engage in nearly endless conversations?* > *** > > ** ** > > --Doug**** > > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Nicholas Thompson < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > Can anybody translate this for a non programmer person? > > N**** > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcus G. > Daniels > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 1:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Tautologies and other forms of circular reasoning.*** > * > > On 4/12/13 5:40 PM, glen wrote: > > Iteration is most aligned with stateful repetition. Recursion is most > > aligned with stateless repetition. > Purely functional constructs can capture iteration, though. > > $ cat foo.hs > import Control.Monad.State > import Control.Monad.Loops > > inc :: State Int Bool > inc = do i <- get > put (i + 1) > return (i < 10) > > main = do > putStrLn (show (runState (whileM inc get) 5)) $ ghc --make foo.hs $ > ./foo > ([6,7,8,9,10],11) > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > *Doug Roberts > [email protected]***** > > *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > **** > > * > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-672-8213 - Mobile***** > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts [email protected]* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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