Can human beings know the hour of their own death or of the death of others? A ninth-century controversy and its historical context

longbow Between the seventh and the ninth century holy men acquired a new role.They no longer just exorcised demons and healed diseases but also foretold people when they would die.This development was caused by a shift in religious belief.Under the influence of relentless preaching, people had come to think that salvation or damnation was determin

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FuncADL: Functional Analysis Description Language

The traditional approach in HEP analysis software is to loop over every event and every object via the ROOT framework.This method follows an imperative paradigm, in which the code is tied to the storage format and steps of execution.A more desirable strategy would be to implement a declarative language, such that the storage medium and execution ar

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