I think that I've decided how legitimate programming should be defined. If you are coding in some language and what you have coded works on the first try, say, 90% of the time, you are either an expert programmer (definitely not me), or whatever language you are using doesn't count as a legitimate programming language. On the other hand, if nothing works on the first try, it definitely is legitimate.
That said, Mathematica coding actually can be legitimately called programming since this week was mostly spent fighting with the computer (I'm currently winning). The reason for this is that I had to use an "if" statement as well as several "while" loops. I tried to avoid the use of such low level constructions (I am so glad that I'm not doing assembly...), but alas Mathematica does not come with every possible function that I desire.
With that in mind, I simulated various types of forces (constant, inverse square, linear, imaginary, etc.) between two particles and plotted out various quantities associated with their interactions. Also, for fun, I decided to create a graph from which I could view the particles from a rotating frame which was amazingly cool.
Besides, achieving superluminal travel not much else occurred worth mentioning...
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My computer may have beat me at chess, but I always win at kickboxing.
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