this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
1679 points (96.6% liked)
Memes
46728 readers
924 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Wouldn't reducer be more precise?
Definitely, although I’m sure that under the hood it’s all the same. Some (albeit high-level) languages also support a sum function that takes a generator as an input, which seems pretty close to this math notation.