My intern has finally understood recursion. Now he's learning about higher-order functions. His verdict? Easy, compared to recursion.
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Replying to @andreasdotorg
personally, I find recursion easier than iteration, except in the most trivial (e.g. counted) cases. Mutable state. Ugh.
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Replying to @BruceHoult
Indeed. Did you ever look at F*, by the way? Effect system allows tracking which functions are pure.
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Replying to @andreasdotorg
there's some fascinating diversity in micro architectures and ISAs in the stuff that's rarely publicly documented.
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Replying to @BruceHoult
I just wonder how many of those end up being exploitable...
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