Alchemist – A non-deterministic programming language based on chemical reactions

Re:Alchemist – A non-deterministic programming language base... by dmos62 on Monday June 10, 2019 @05:56PM (#20151266)

I don't understand the meaning of nondeterminism in this context. Definition of a nondeterministic language from the linked wiki:

> Languages with significant operations (such as execution order) that are predominantly nondeterministic; the same answer cannot always be expected in the same circumstance.

What are the significant operations in this language that cannot always be expected to produce the same result?

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Re:Alchemist – A non-deterministic programming language base... by nickodell on Monday June 10, 2019 @08:38PM (#20152194)

If you have two rules like this:

    H -> O
    H -> 2O

then the interpreter will pick one at random. It is possible to write entirely deterministic programs, but some programs are non-deterministic.

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Re:Alchemist – A non-deterministic programming language base... by p1necone on Monday June 10, 2019 @06:15PM (#20151420)

From the linked page:

> "The program will continually pick rules at random from the set of applicable rules, until there are no such rules."

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Re:Alchemist – A non-deterministic programming language base... by dmos62 on Monday June 10, 2019 @06:04PM (#20151346)

Found an interesting "esotheric" probabilistic language called Entropy: http://andrew.wang-hoyer.com/experiments/entropy/

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