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Re:Show HN: I ported Tree-sitter to Go by nickysielicki on Thursday February 26, 2026 @02:35AM (#47163042)
But logic circuits are look up tables.
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Re:Show HN: I ported Tree-sitter to Go by qsera on Thursday February 26, 2026 @02:49AM (#47163151)
Every computation/function can be a look up table!
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Re:Show HN: I ported Tree-sitter to Go by nickysielicki on Thursday February 26, 2026 @02:59AM (#47163227)
right, so why are you asking me to imagine one machine that can calculate using logic circuits and another that can calculate using a lookup table when we’re in agreement that they’re the same thing?

I reject the premise of your analogy.

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Re:Show HN: I ported Tree-sitter to Go by qsera on Thursday February 26, 2026 @04:23AM (#47163806)
> that they’re the same thing

I said no such thing.

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