Computing primes with CSS

Re:Computing primes with CSS by wanda on Friday September 30, 2016 @06:37AM (#12611625)

This is way cooler: http://silon.slaks.net

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Re:Computing primes with CSS by aji on Friday September 30, 2016 @01:55PM (#12614050)

is it, though?

https://github.com/SLaks/Silon#implementation-details

"Silon is implemented using LESS to generate CSS selectors for every combination of inputs that will turn each gate on. In effect, I created a LESS-based DSL that expresses (almost-)arbitrary boolean expressions."

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Re:Computing primes with CSS by wanda on Friday September 30, 2016 @01:59PM (#12614070)

Yes, I know a preprocessor is involved, much like many single-element/background-image hacks and CSS-only glitch effects which translate to fifty-keyframe animations.

It's still cooler than the OP.

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Re:Computing primes with CSS by aji on Friday September 30, 2016 @02:03PM (#12614108)

it's definitely shinier than the OP, but I personally think encoding a sieve of Eratosthenes in a CSS selector is cooler than encoding truth tables in a CSS selector

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Re:Computing primes with CSS by wanda on Friday September 30, 2016 @03:45PM (#12614789)

I was always more interested in the philosophy of mathematics than prime numbers.

Actually, I'm interested in philosophy in general, especially early Wittgenstein & Gödel.

So I'm biased.

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Re:Computing primes with CSS by minitech on Friday September 30, 2016 @02:00PM (#12614078)

Yes, it is. Almost-arbitrary boolean expressions vs. completely straightforward and obvious use of a CSS selector.

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Re:Computing primes with CSS by eriknstr on Friday September 30, 2016 @10:51AM (#12612773)

That's not just cool, that's crazy!

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Re:Computing primes with CSS by adeel4 on Friday September 30, 2016 @12:46PM (#12613582)

wait, what?!

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