“Coding is basically just ifs and for loops.”

Re:“Coding is basically just ifs and for loops.” by okareaman on Saturday December 04, 2021 @07:53PM (#29445782)

Stephen Wolfram thinks the entire universe is built from simple rules

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_New_Kind_of_Science

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:“Coding is basically just ifs and for loops.” by peterburkimsher on Saturday December 04, 2021 @10:17PM (#29446422)

For the algorithm to work in many dimensions (XML tags), I feel like it must be a simple algorithm.

Rule 110 is known to be Turing-complete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_110

I have a feeling that Rule 90 is the most efficient algorithm: the Sierpiński Triangle, self-sacrifice, infinite recursion to a perfect pattern. I'm not mathematically talented enough to prove that though.

https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Rule90.html

Please come to chat about A New Kind of Science on Facebook! A couple of weeks ago I noticed that the page didn't exist, so created it. Hopefully Wolfram doesn't mind. We stand on the shoulders of giants.

https://www.facebook.com/A-New-Kind-of-Science-1004052657757...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:“Coding is basically just ifs and for loops.” by Eelongate on Sunday December 05, 2021 @02:00AM (#29447394)

I'm no physicist, but doesn't the Standard Model fit on a few pieces of paper? That the universe has rules that are a lot simpler than the behavior that emerges from those rules doesn't seem like novel claim. Wolfram's idea to examine the universe by exploring CA-space is the novel part I think.

[ Parent | on HN ]