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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by taeric on Friday October 26, 2018 @04:36PM (#18312529)
Seeing the symbolic derivative is the amazing thing to me. Really highlights the blurring of the lines between data and code.

You are correct that the analytic derivative isn't that hard to do in any language.

Edit: Should have said "many languages" not just "any"

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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by taeric on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @01:19PM (#18347560)
I put up https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18343652 to explore a little more of the symbolic derivative fun you can do in lisp. Would love to get feedback on that post.
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