Same way that I have multiplication or division as a primitive, functions are going to give me, or somebody else who wrote them for me as part of a library, a new primitive that I'm going to be able to use.

我在用乘法或者除法当做原语,这些函数,或者别人写程序库中的函数,将会给我返回一个,我能使用的新原语。

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There were previous examples of people trying to have a deep wing that would do things, but if you take me back to my primitive phalanx here about 600-650 they're not doing that stuff yet.

先前有例子,人们会在布阵时增加两翼的排数,如果再回到我这里的原始方阵,公元前六百到六百五十年的方阵,不会采取这种方式

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