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“Programming” in the sense of “developing algorithmic instructions” isn’t just for computers - all rigorously-defined human systems are “programmed” after a fashion. But what is it that programmers (instruction-writers, legislators, chefs) are *doing*, exactly?
NOTE: I accidentally uploaded this with the title for episode 205. T_T My mistake!
- Links for the Curious-
Programming as Theory-Building (Naur, 1985) - https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Naur.pdf
Defending the Incommunicability of Programs (Miller) - jimmyhmiller.github.io/incommunicability
Metaphor - Extreme Programming Practice (Bjorn W, 2018) - explainagile.com/agile/xp-extreme-programming/practices/metaphor
Gilbert Ryle (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ryle/
How Does my Robot Navigate? | iRobot Customer Care - homesupport.irobot.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19541/~/how-does-my-robot-navigate%3F
78. Steampunk, Babbage, & Lovelace - youtube.com/watch?v=g17dqIoK-0I
175. The Aesthetic of Programming - youtube.com/watch?v=HH8HvHj5eFQ
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World - David Deutsch (2011) - publicism.info/science/infinity/17.html
“Programming” in the sense of “developing algorithmic instructions” isn’t just for computers - all rigorously-defined human systems are “programmed” after a fashion. But what is it that programmers (instruction-writers, legislators, chefs) are *doing*, exactly?
NOTE: I accidentally uploaded this with the title for episode 205. T_T My mistake!
- Links for the Curious-
Programming as Theory-Building (Naur, 1985) - https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Naur.pdf
Defending the Incommunicability of Programs (Miller) - jimmyhmiller.github.io/incommunicability
Metaphor - Extreme Programming Practice (Bjorn W, 2018) - explainagile.com/agile/xp-extreme-programming/practices/metaphor
Gilbert Ryle (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ryle/
How Does my Robot Navigate? | iRobot Customer Care - homesupport.irobot.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19541/~/how-does-my-robot-navigate%3F
78. Steampunk, Babbage, & Lovelace - youtube.com/watch?v=g17dqIoK-0I
175. The Aesthetic of Programming - youtube.com/watch?v=HH8HvHj5eFQ
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World - David Deutsch (2011) - publicism.info/science/infinity/17.html
