On 5/13/14 12:48 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2014 00:33:47 -0500, Mark H Harris wrote:
there has to be a value add for scientists to move away from R or
Matlab, or from FORTRAN. Why go to the trouble? FORTRAN works well (its
fast too), and there are zillions of lines of code cranking away on huge
linear arrays. Enter Julia... over the next ten years; seriously.
Because of the value adds!
Why?, glad you asked. Enter self modifying code for one.
Self-modifying code is a nightmare inside the head of a Lovecraftian
horror. There's a reason why almost the only people still using self-
modifying code are virus writers, and the viruses they create are
notorious for being buggy.
no, no, no... Steven don't think self-modifying (sorry I even used
it) think meta-programming. Python accomplishes this kind of thing using
Class and function decorations (sort-uv).
Take a look at the video presentation of the concept before you turn
it into a Friday the Thirteenth virus writing horror flick... its going
to be as powerful as lisp was supposed to be with the user friendliness
of python-like code-ability but 'without' the forced indentation rule
(Julia uses 'ends' and white-space means nothing).
marcus
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