by brudgers on 3/23/2025, 5:50:22 PM
by ssivark on 3/24/2025, 2:43:53 PM
This is basically the debate between Alan Kay and Rich Hickey... on HN, almost a decade ago :-)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11945722
The key idea is (bare) data -vs- objects (which encapsulate data and let you interpret/interact with it).
by Chinjut on 3/24/2025, 5:11:07 PM
Reading the post, it seems like what sucks is variables without readily accessible types.
by Rucadi on 3/24/2025, 2:27:13 PM
buffer is also a candidate :)
In ye olden days, the computer science term for data was often "table." [1]
The problem with "data" is it is the wrong abstraction layer for thinking about computation because structure is what separates data from random values -- there ain't no such thing as random data. If it's random it's not data. If it's data it's not random.
[1] I learned this reading Micheal Jackson...no not that one.