http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/code-data-the-basics/ software, programming languages, and other ideas Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:04:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/code-data-the-basics/#comment-959 cdsmith Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:31:56 +0000 http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-959 Incidentally, since you mention the Abelson/Sussman SICP lectures, there's another example there, where they build cons cells out of pure functions. It's a construction that I first saw from Barendregt, but I'm sure it's older than that. Incidentally, since you mention the Abelson/Sussman SICP lectures, there’s another example there, where they build cons cells out of pure functions. It’s a construction that I first saw from Barendregt, but I’m sure it’s older than that.

]]> http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/code-data-the-basics/#comment-958 cdsmith Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:29:00 +0000 http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-958 Indeed, but the blog post (of yours?) that I linked to only had the argument that code is a subset of data; i.e., only one side of the picture. So I wrote about the other direction, which is at least as interesting. Indeed, but the blog post (of yours?) that I linked to only had the argument that code is a subset of data; i.e., only one side of the picture. So I wrote about the other direction, which is at least as interesting.

]]> http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/code-data-the-basics/#comment-957 Piers Cawley Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:23:55 +0000 http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-957 Drat... always check your citations even when you're just commenting. That's Abelson. Drat… always check your citations even when you’re just commenting. That’s Abelson.

]]> http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/code-data-the-basics/#comment-956 Piers Cawley Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:18:33 +0000 http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-956 I've always taken == to be commutative. Or, as Abel & Sussman put it, data is just dumb code and code is just smart data. I’ve always taken == to be commutative. Or, as Abel & Sussman put it, data is just dumb code and code is just smart data.

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