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S2E9 - re:Clojure Interviews 9 - Stephen Wolfram

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What's the Problem With Named Variables?

In lambde calculus, you have named variables. The problem with there being no names is that we humans are pretty big on having words and naming things. And in a world without words, without nouns, it's really hard for us humans to keep track of what's going on. So i'd be curious to know whether whether moses shonfenke was the original language designer.

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