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Re:Ship Your Interpreter by gopiandcode on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:07AM (#50179531)
that's a shame~ there's a really fun idea buried in there! sometimes some people just aren't cut out to handle formal reasoning and that's okay!
Re:Ship Your Interpreter by skavi on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @10:14AM (#50181378)
a lot of human effort clearly went into this work. so the term "slop" is harsh. but its also a bad look to lash out at that label and claim that people Just Don't Get It. check out https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/12/05/your-intellectual-fl...
Re:Ship Your Interpreter by gopiandcode on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @10:47AM (#50181966)
Oh, I really enjoyed that article when it came out too! I would recommend you read it before you share it next time, you might find some insights~

In this case, the GP didn't actually finish reading my article (and thus really has no standing to make any comment on its content); I assume they got filtered by the formalism, which is a shame, but I didn't want to discourage their attempts! Formal verification sometimes just isn't for everyone.

Re:Ship Your Interpreter by skavi on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:13PM (#50186030)
would you be willing to be more specific on what insights i've missed?

regarding the GP's comments on article content, i suppose maybe one critique could have been sharpened by a closer reading?

> There could be some value buried in there

i'd imagine you agree.

> could have been 10% of its size

likely false, but i interpreted this as an intentional exaggeration

> could have been human written

likely true