[LRUG] talk idea

[David Nolan]

Two related but separate questions: do we need nil? do we need more than
true and false? Talk is, or rather will be, organised round a tour of
many-valued logics and their implementation (read - hackage) in Ruby.

Mix of code, logic, and historical anecdote.

Rated PG.


On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 14 June 2012 11:34, David Nolan <dave at textgoeshere.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Are there any slots free soon?
>>
>
> Not for the July meeting (just waiting for blurbs before I publish it) -
> but that doesn't mean we couldn't hear from you at the August meeting if
> there's some interest.
>
> I've got this idea about nil. Well, it's not about nil. It's about central
>> heating, and going bald, Andean tribes, a stained-glass window,
>> superconducting quantum computers and wooden computers, and
>> Jainism. Aristotle is in there, 1965 crops up, and anyone who says
>> 'Sapir-Whorf' loses.
>>
>> I guess it's about true, false, and stuff that's neither.
>>
>> There'll be some Ruby but I don't think there's any danger of it being
>> useful in your day job, unless your code runs on vintage 1958
>> processors from Kazan.
>>
>
> Without asking for spoilers, can you elaborate on what this talk would
> actually be about? What's the central thesis?
>
>  If there's some interest, I'll get on it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>> --
>> @davenolan
>>
>>
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