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gliese1337
on May 6, 2013
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Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine (1989)
Someone like Feynman is capable of
inventing a new language
for parallel computing and
correctly simulating its execution by hand
.
That's a much more impressive skill than just learning another language.
AceJohnny2
on May 7, 2013
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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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That's a much more impressive skill than just learning another language.