From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: A function that cannot be called?
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 11:51:06 +0200
Date: 2018-10-21T11:51:06+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pqhi6b$qhs$1@gioia.aioe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: pqhfk6$gks$1@dont-email.me
On 2018-10-21 11:07, G.B. wrote:
> The idea is that classical logic caused, and continues to cause,
> (features of) programming languages like Ada, in some sense.
A bizarre idea. Logic does not cause anything, in the context of
programming languages it is a tool.
> The idea is not to suggest that programmers need to be concerned
> with formal models in order to write programs.
>
> So, I guess for writing an embedded program like
>
> loop
> Ouput (Compute (Input));
> end loop;
>
> one doesn't need to be aware that classical logic, without some
> type system, incurs the possibility of the HALTing trouble.
> But, OTOH, pure functionists with "program terminating types"
> will need monads and things as a way to write a non-terminating
> program.
This confusion of program properties with program purpose probably
irritates people like Randy most. Whatever property of a program is,
that becomes interesting only and exclusively with connection to the
purpose of the program.
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2018-10-18 12:14 A function that cannot be called? G.B.
2018-10-18 15:33 ` Stefan.Lucks
2018-10-18 20:21 ` G.B.
2018-10-18 20:57 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-10-19 7:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-10-19 13:55 ` G.B.
2018-10-19 15:31 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-10-18 17:03 ` AdaMagica
2018-10-18 19:36 ` G.B.
2018-10-18 21:30 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-10-19 14:00 ` G.B.
2018-10-19 15:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-10-20 1:34 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-10-20 9:14 ` G.B.
2018-10-20 11:13 ` Simon Wright
2018-10-20 14:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-10-21 9:25 ` G.B.
2018-10-21 9:07 ` G.B.
2018-10-21 9:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2018-10-21 10:57 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-10-21 18:00 ` Simon Wright
2018-10-19 8:48 ` AdaMagica
2018-10-19 11:15 ` G.B.
2018-10-19 17:06 ` AdaMagica
2018-10-19 19:57 ` G.B.
2018-10-19 22:06 ` Jere
2018-10-21 10:14 ` G.B.
2018-10-21 11:30 ` Egil H H
2018-10-23 11:45 ` G.B.
2018-10-23 14:35 ` Jere
2018-10-23 14:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-10-23 17:49 ` G.B.
2018-10-23 19:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-10-24 7:35 ` G.B.
2018-10-24 8:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-10-19 18:19 ` marciant
2018-10-19 18:22 ` marciant
2018-10-20 1:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-10-20 2:54 ` marciant
2018-10-19 20:25 ` Shark8
2018-10-19 23:28 ` marciant
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