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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!ucbvax!UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU!gaylord
  2. From: gaylord@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU
  3. Newsgroups: sci.math.symbolic
  4. Subject: computer simulation of the development of the universe
  5. Message-ID: <199207281505.AA27531@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
  6. Date: 28 Jul 92 15:05:16 GMT
  7. Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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  10. A functional programming approach to cosmological simulation:
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  12. A general model of the chronology of the Universe
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  14. history = FixedPointList[(..#..)&, initialconfiguration] 
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  16. the anonymous function (..#..)& is supplied by the reader: 
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  18. special cases:
  19. 1) theist: anonymous function = GOD
  20. 2) pantheist: initialconfiguration = GOD
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  22. included: the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics
  23. not included: quantum fluctuations (?)
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  25. sorry, about that. too much time spent hacking recently, i guess.  
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  27. richard j. gaylord, university of illinois, gaylord@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
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  29. "if you're not programming functionally, then you must be programming
  30. dysfunctionally"
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