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by enriquto 1918 days ago
Somebody should warn them about avoiding accidentally using Pythagoras theorem, that was introduced 2500 years ago.
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Unlike computer software, mathematical theorems don't suffer from bit rot.
Neither do languages, especially formal ones.
FORTRAN isn't a formal language though.
Of course it is, just like all programming languages. If it weren't formal, a computer couldn't interpret it precisely. Formal means mechanical; a language whose calculus can be carried out by a machine.
Funny