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Re:A 2020 Vision of Linear Algebra by dleslie on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:17AM (#23154219)
Containers make sense.

Abstract computer science doesn't.

Part of why Haskell appears like such an implacable curmudgeon is the predilection of its community to believe that users must grasp type and logic theory to use it.

They don't.

Just like they don't need to have a mental model of their computer to write software for it.

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Re:A 2020 Vision of Linear Algebra by Koshkin on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:42AM (#23155201)
In my experience, not having a mental model of the computer you are going to run your software on will bite you on the ass sooner or later.
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Re:A 2020 Vision of Linear Algebra by dleslie on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:33PM (#23157785)
Countless mobile apps and web sites have been made with nigh-zero understanding of the VMs, rendering engines, or underlaying machine architecture.

It's not the 80s anymore.

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