Re: Declarative constraints in practical terms
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:51:40 +0200
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"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> x wrote:
> > "dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1141227907.113061.191620_at_t39g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > > Then at the top level, what we are doing when we write software is a
> > > command.
> >
> > We think it is a command.
> > The computer might think it is not. :-)
> Yes, I can see that perspective. We can write statements that complete
> the machine. Snooze.
> > > We are commanding the computer to do something, right?
> That's how I see it. It doesn't do what I want. Then I tell it what
> to do. Then it does what I want.
> > And the computer would listen. Right. :-)
> In it's own way.
> > >It seems it would make sense, then, to eat the elephant one bite at a
> > > time. Maybe? --dawn
> >
> > I don't eat elephants.
> Some people like theorems, others like proofs. Cheers! --dawn
Divide et impera
Divide and govern
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