On Friday, 2 December 2022 at 02:14:21 UTC+2, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> You know, I think it used to be a standing principle of computer science that it was one thing (maybe *the only thing*, even)
> where Christian scripture didn't come into it...
Hah! You are soooo mistaken.
Are you familiar with the expression "code is data - data is code" a.k.a homoiconicity (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoiconicity ).
What is its relationship to scripture you say?
Well, where else have you heard about things being made in one's own image? Man in the image of God. Data in the image of the Code.
And if you think that's a stretch... John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Code is data. Data is code.
God is the Word. The Word is God.
God is all-powerful. The Word is God - therefore The Word is all-powerful. Is it just me; or are they both alluding to something like the expressive power of language?
A bit like the sort of stuff computer scientists talk about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressive_power_(computer_science)