commit 9e5d2db23b806e4003fe3b7b22e3bfeaf517f61b
parent 4b158c95df603db845c8084359320804269c3e19
Author: NunoSempere <nuno.sempere@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 21:08:53 +0100
tweak README
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@@ -7,18 +7,15 @@ squiggle.c is a [grug-brained](https://grugbrain.dev/) self-contained C99 librar
- Because it is fast
- Because I enjoy it
- Because C is honest
-- Because it will last long
+- Because it will last long (because C is more [lindy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect))
- Because it can fit in my head
- Because if you can implement something in C, you can implement it anywhere else
-- Because it can be made faster if need be
- - e.g., with a multi-threading library like OpenMP,
- - o by implementing faster but more complex algorithms
- - or more simply, by inlining the sampling functions (adding an `inline` directive before their function declaration)
+- Because it can be made faster if need be, e.g., with a multi-threading library like OpenMP, by implementing faster but more complex algorithms, or more simply, by inlining the sampling functions (adding an `inline` directive before their function declaration)
- **Because there are few abstractions between it and machine code** (C => assembly => machine code with gcc, or C => machine code, with tcc), leading to fewer errors beyond the programmer's control.
## Getting started
-You can follow some example usage in the [examples/](examples]) folder. In [examples/core](examples/core/), we build up some functionality, starting from drawing one sample. In [examples/more](examples/more), we present a few more complicated examples, like finding confidence intervals, a model of nuclear war, an estimate of how much exercise to do to lose 10kg, or an example using parallelism.
+You can follow some example usage in the [examples/](examples]) folder. In [examples/core](examples/core/), we build up some functionality, starting from drawing one sample and finishing with a replication of [Dissolving the Fermi paradox](https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.02404). In [examples/more](examples/more), we present a few more complicated examples, like finding confidence intervals, a model of nuclear war, an estimate of how much exercise to do to lose 10kg, or an example using parallelism.
## Commentary
