Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

This is my sentiment exactly. With all these fancy functional languages, non-imperative programming paradigms and heaps of JavaScript frameworks, there's one thing that one might forget: computers are made of silicon, not category theory.


It is easy to write down a bunch of assembly instructions. It's hard to make them do the thing you want, and it is our desires and our intent that need more than a little silicon to express.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: