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The model can return the internal details of a potential future product. For example, the next Pixel phone.
Re:Ask HN: How do you work in Programming language research? on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:31AM (#36321804)
The language is supposed to tell you if your thinking is broken. If a program is a logical statement, and your logic is impossible, the program should not compile. Reading dead memory or having race conditions should not be possible, yet look at security vulnerabilities today.
Re:Ask HN: How do you work in Programming language research? on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:27AM (#36321781)
It doesn’t have to be a totally new language. Javascript is an example where there are multiple front-end languages. You can go as far as formally prove the implementation is correct, too. Language theory is an abstraction for mathematical logic and proofs, so it touches anything logical at all.
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Sure, writing bug-free code is not possible for most programmers. The language can reduce the occurrence of bugs.
New York Times ran an article yesterday saying otherwise. First tier cities, in terms of size, are losing people, but second tier cities are growing. The cost of living in the largest cities puts a negative force on moving to them.