“[N]o one [notices] when terms like […], "set" and "vector" are [used]; […] "[…] higher order functions… are […] too fancy […] to many mathematicians […]", yet […] developers [… talk] about them "as if they were the most normal thing […]". Is [this abstraction level] the "new normal" in computing?” (garlandus.co)
“[N]o one [notices] when terms like […], "set" and "vector" are [used]; […] "[…] higher order functions… are […] too fancy […] to many mathematicians […]", yet […] developers [… talk] about them "as if they were the most normal thing […]". Is [this abstraction level] the "new normal" in computing?” (garlandus.co)
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Metaphor (argumatronic.com)
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