Note: want a rich language for expressing program+data, i.e., bits; both programs and data are easy, it is the rich language that is hard

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The goal is a rich language for expressing program + data -- i.e., bits. Program is easy -- it's just a sequence of operators on operands. Operators belong to a small set of operators with fixed interfaces. Operands are restricted. Data is easy -- it's just a sequence of bits.   Google-1   Google-2

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