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
- 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?