Post #1675470
2026-04-25 22:28 UTC
But that is the reality of math and therefore the entire CS world. By themselves, symbols mean nothing. Take the Pythagorean theorem: it is useless and mean nothing, until we actually are in a context where it is useful.
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@nico@mastodon.puffer.fish 2026-04-25 22:31
And the same apply to programs. Software are done with context, as to solve a specific problem, meet a client's dumb requirements, trap users into scrolling, &c. It's all bottom-up, we're starting from the existing as to fix our need. But as Prof. Dijkstra said, computers are a new kind of new whose full potential is outside the existing.