snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoAlgebra in school is like a compiler with shitty type inference: you rarely have to write type annotations and you can easily end up with impossible states.message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1127
arrow-up1127message-squareAlgebra in school is like a compiler with shitty type inference: you rarely have to write type annotations and you can easily end up with impossible states.snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIf I remember correctly, good textbooks always specified the type. There were even exercises like “find the maximum possible domain of this function”. And in higher-level mathematics, it’s pretty much a sin to not specify the type.
If I remember correctly, good textbooks always specified the type. There were even exercises like “find the maximum possible domain of this function”. And in higher-level mathematics, it’s pretty much a sin to not specify the type.