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AceJohnny2
4787 days ago
I would've hoped someone of Feynman's level would've easily picked up a better language.
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gliese1337
4787 days ago
Someone like Feynman is capable of
inventing a new language
for parallel computing and
correctly simulating its execution by hand
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That's a much more impressive skill than just learning another language.
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AceJohnny2
4786 days ago
I don't think so. He didn't invent a new language, but extended an existing one. And I simulate what a program does in my head all the time when debugging (including multithreaded stuff, but I agree that's hard).
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anywhichway
4786 days ago
Feynman may have found the arbitrary nature of syntax for a new language a tedious learning exercise.
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That's a much more impressive skill than just learning another language.