[erlang-questions] Erlang for youngsters

Steve Davis steven.charles.davis@REDACTED
Fri Jun 20 01:27:53 CEST 2014



Eshell V6.0  (abort with ^G)

1> X = 1.

1

2> X.

1

3> X = 2.

** exception error: no match of right hand side value 2

4> X = 1.

1

5> 


Let us imagine that X always did equal 1, even before we made the statement 
"X = 1."


Perhaps, only a child would understand this and work with it...


Kids have an unbelievable capacity for imagining, and being creative.


Even perhaps with the concept of "state space"


I don't see a convincing resolution of the issue of state in computing so 
far.


/s


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