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Experience-Monks / math-as-code

a cheat-sheet for mathematical notation in code form
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Feature: transpiler #54

Open brysgo opened 6 years ago

brysgo commented 6 years ago

These explanations are really cool, thanks for this. It turns something abstract into something tangible that a developer can play with. To build on this, I would love to see a transpiler that leverages these explanations to turn mathematics into executable javascript, and potentially turn executable javascript into mathematical notation. It would go a long way towards demystifying scientific research for the layprogrammer.

brysgo commented 6 years ago

You would probably need to use something like LaTeX to write the math part. But I can imagine having an es6 template string tag that parses latex into executable javascript. I can also imagine an editor plugin that renders the LaTeX inline when you unfocus the template string.

I found a project that is parsing LaTeX into a math runtime: https://github.com/viktorstrate/algebra-latex I imagine it can either be expanded using the insights in this project, or a similar approach can be taken to create something new.