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"A calculator app? Anyone could make that." (chadnauseam.com)
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[–] runeko@programming.dev 19 points 2 days ago

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 31 points 3 days ago

I like this sentence from the paper linked at the end of the article:

We show how to implement arithmetic […] that is correct, even by the standards of naive users.

[–] kernelle@0d.gs 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Psht I'll never use maths in real life", maths in real life:

[–] SwordInStone@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

None of the people involved ever said nor thought it.

[–] kernelle@0d.gs 8 points 2 days ago

I never thought that either. It's a joke, relax.

[–] mikumiku@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

I was asking my friend if they want to do code a calculator with me then I realized it's much harder than it looks.

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

I am always deeply enthralled when math and comp-sci unite to yield an elegant result, where my definition of elegance is: efficient + minimal.