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I keep thinking one day we will discover a new compute substrate and one of these esoteric languages will come right in.

Imagine a hexagonal crystalline structure with special physical properties that allow electrons to move a certain way. You never know.

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The differential geometry general relativity uses was developed for funsies by euler in the 1700's, so there is precedent.

Quasicrystals are non-periodic hexagonal crystals that follow the same rules as mathematical penrose tiles. Here's a paper on some interesting theoretical phase transitions that are similar to the type of electron control you mention. https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev...

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