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points by YuechenLi 3 days ago | 0 comments
At this point, Python is less of a programming language by itself but more of an interop protocol between various C/C++/Fortran/Rust binaries. But again, it's just part of the cycle, Python was a breath of fresh air 10 years ago when academia is still dominated by Matlab, but now it is mostly a mess of a language that's good for throwaway scripts but not very convenient for large software projects compared to statically typed languages.
[–] 0gs 3 days ago
thank you for putting this this way. it helped me crack a big unrelated problem
[–] YuechenLi 3 days ago
Out of curiosity, may I ask what the big unrelated problem is?
[–] 0gs 3 days ago
still trying to figure out a way to explain it, but i thought i needed a programming language, and it turns out what i need is an interop protocol. i want to be able to "translate" English text to a more or less dense rendering (or a completely different tone/pedagogical approach) without adding or losing meaning.
[–] YuechenLi 3 days ago
Interesting. Look up "semantic compression", and you can also try out one of my experiments to see if it works for you.

https://github.com/yuechen-li-dev/GenerativeCompressionProto...

[–] 0gs 2 days ago
wow i will definitely try this out. this might be even MORE helpful!
[–] conartist6 3 days ago
"without adding or losing meaning" sounds impossible for spoken language.
[–] 0gs 2 days ago
it does, and it obviously is, but i guess that is what makes it fun!