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kriskowal / gtor

A General Theory of Reactivity
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Why are variables `done: false`? #12

Closed domenic closed 10 years ago

domenic commented 10 years ago

I would think they are something like "single value sequences" or even "return values", and thus would be done: true

kriskowal commented 10 years ago

Behaviors are plural in the temporal axis. Is that convincing?

domenic commented 10 years ago

Will re-read the section now that you've cleared up the variable/behavior confusion and report back :)

kriskowal commented 10 years ago

I’ll give you another ping. I need to do more work on behaviors before it’s truly clean. I just ironed out the names.

kriskowal commented 10 years ago

I fixed the section on behaviors by mostly removing it. It’s worthy of more on the topic, but I may need to follow up later. The concept of discrete versus continuous time series data has at least been introduced. I’m also suspecting that certain operators on streams might suffice to relieve pressure for time series data, or produce values on demand. I’ll have to explore the thundering herd problem and a few others in future revisions.