Data shuffling doesn't —in principle— lose information; computation does. ("evaluation is forgetting")
In https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32498382 "glue code" and "parsley code" are data shuffling, while "crunch code" is computation.
I guess we have to colive in a world where both views are true.
(compare https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40714086 )
Data shuffling doesn't —in principle— lose information; computation does. ("evaluation is forgetting")
In https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32498382 "glue code" and "parsley code" are data shuffling, while "crunch code" is computation.