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Re:Donald Knuth was framed (2020) by lepineko on Sunday May 08, 2022 @04:09AM (#31302190)
"non-linear execution order" ? I can't see how it's kind of spreadsheet moreover you don't really do metaprogramming BEFORE execution which is more what I understand about literate programming.
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Re:Donald Knuth was framed (2020) by tlarkworthy on Sunday May 08, 2022 @05:07AM (#31302424)
the topological dependency order of cells is computed, and only (logically) downstream dependencies are recomputed on a code change. See https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/how-observable-runs
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Re:Donald Knuth was framed (2020) by hueyluey on Sunday May 08, 2022 @04:22PM (#31307808)
Is "topological dependency order of cells" different from what an average person would understand from saying "dependency order of cells"?
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Re:Donald Knuth was framed (2020) by tlarkworthy on Monday May 09, 2022 @02:49AM (#31311332)
yeah it's the technical name for the intuitive sort order you need for a graph of dependencies.
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