in reply to Re^3: What will scientific computing in Perl 6 look like?
in thread What will scientific computing in Perl 6 look like?
I simply don't believe that multi method dispatch takes care of it all when it comes to different number systems. While Perl 6 offers a lot of features, to the best of my knowledge The Structure of Computer Programming is still correct when it says "Developing a useful, general framework for expressing the relations among different types of entities (what philosophers call ``ontology'') seems intractably difficult. The main difference between the confusion that existed ten years ago and the confusion that exists now is that now a variety of inadequate ontological theories have been embodied in a plethora of correspondingly inadequate programming languages. For example, much of the complexity of object-oriented programming languages -- and the subtle and confusing differences among contemporary object-oriented languages -- centers on the treatment of generic operations on interrelated types."
That is not to say that Perl 6 is not an improvement. It is. It just isn't a solution.
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Re^5: What will scientific computing in Perl 6 look like?
by moritz (Cardinal) on Jul 15, 2008 at 08:08 UTC | |
by TimToady (Parson) on Jul 15, 2008 at 16:31 UTC | |
by tilly (Archbishop) on Jul 15, 2008 at 23:45 UTC | |
by moritz (Cardinal) on Jul 16, 2008 at 06:59 UTC | |
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 16, 2008 at 07:16 UTC | |
by tilly (Archbishop) on Jul 16, 2008 at 16:15 UTC | |
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