Xah Talk Show 2019-04-30 function param idiocy, Backus Naur Form, LISP vs Mathematica, Peter Norvig, Nassim Taleb

topics covered.

• Optional Function Parameters in Computer Language Docs (the idiocy thereof)
• What is the Difference Between BNF, EBNF, ABNF?
• What is philosophy?
• 37:29 JavaScript string unicode problem solution
• Notes on A New Kind of Science (Cellular Automata, Computation Systems)
• 56:25 my story at Wolfram
• My Impression Of Lisp from Mathematica
• Visual Dictionary of Special Plane Curves
• The Condition of Industrial Programers: Learn LISP in 10 Days
• http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html
• Nassim Taleb, crackpot?