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ukj ◴[26 Jun 21 07:47 UTC] No.27639995[source]▶

Software Engineers: Parse, don't validate.

Mathematicians: Parsing is validation

The point being, the converse of ‘parsing is validation’ is not true.

ukj ◴[26 Jun 21 08:13 UTC] No.27640111[source]▶

The word "is" implies an isomorphism.

If you see it differently you are implicitly assuming a non-formalist perspective on what "validation" means. Tell us about it.

> The word "is" implies an isomorphism.

Are you talking about a bijective mapping or are you saying it's a synonym for identical?

Because the former doesn't make any sense here and the latter is not true.

Red is a color does not imply that all colors are red.

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1. ukj ◴[26 Jun 21 08:33 UTC] No.27640203[source]▶

I am talking about the polymorphic use of the verb "is" during the process of formalization.

"Red is a color" can be formalized as "Red is a type of color" or "Red is member of set Colors".

You can't formalize "Color is red" because it doesn't mean anything.

When I say "Parsing is validation" I am using the verb "is" to mean an isomorphism.

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Judging by all the other disagreeing comments, your in some sort of idiosyncratic context that only you understand.

Good luck with that.

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