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  • Re: Beazley's Problem

    From Antoon Pardon@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Oct 7 07:19:10 2024
    Op 23/09/2024 om 09:44 schreef Annada Behera via Python-list:
    The "next-level math trick" Newton-Raphson has nothing to do with
    functional programming. I have written solvers in purely iterative
    style.

    What is your point. Any problem solved in a functional style can
    also be solved in a pure interative style. So you having written
    something in an interative style doesn't contradict Newton-Raphson being expressable in a functional style.
    As far as I know, Newton-Raphson is the opposite of functional
    programming as you iteratively solve for the root. Functional programming
    is stateless where you are not allowed to store any state (current best
    guess root).

    That doesn't prevent you from passing state along as a parameter,
    usualy in some helper function.

    --
    Antoon Pardon.

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  • From david k. combs@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Nov 11 07:48:31 2024

    Off topic, but quick. Are you the paul rubin who I knew back in 70's in nyc, on E. 84th st?

    If so, respond to me at skcombs@optonline.net. Now live in New Rochelle, but winter in
    Sarasota, Fla. (like NOW). Phone: 941-954-2029. (Yeah 941 looks like mistyped 914 for
    westchester, but 941 IS for sarasota...) Thanks David Combs (now old fart at 82!)


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  • From Paul Rubin@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Nov 11 08:55:01 2024
    dkcombs@panix.com (david k. combs) writes:
    Off topic, but quick. Are you the paul rubin who I knew back in 70's
    in nyc, on E. 84th st?

    Hey yeah, I'll email you! Way cool. You are still a young feller,
    trust me. I spend a lot of time taking care of my mom who is way older
    than you ;). I'm in the middle of something but will email today
    or can call. Yes I remember New Rochelle :). Good to hear from you!

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