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Declarative models
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1. Declarative models
Verse routeGenesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι ειπεν ο θεος γενηθητω φως και εγενετο φως [lxx]

Declaration of IndependenceWhen you "declare" something, like the "Declaration of Independence", you state that something is what you want it to be.

A declarative model of a system is a model that describes the what of a system but not the how or why of a system.
This distinction made is made in computer science and software engineering (and other areas).

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2. Genesis 1:3
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KJV: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Hebrew: ויאמר אלהים יהי אור ויהי אור׃
Greek: και ειπεν ο θεος γενηθητω φως και εγενετο φως

3. Genesis 1:1: Declarative models and causal reasoning
Verse routeGenesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [kjv]
Verse routeεν αρχη εποιησεν ο θεος τον ουρανον και την γην [lxx]

Genesis 1 is a declarative model of creation and not a procedural or imperative model of creation. It says what happened but not exactly how it happened.

4. Puzzle
PuzzleIn a declarative model in the Bible, verses are pieces of a puzzle to be put together into a model that does not assume too much but can explain what is being said in some way.

5. Creation week
Verse routeGenesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [kjv]
Verse routeεν αρχη εποιησεν ο θεος τον ουρανον και την γην [lxx]

The creation account in Genesis, in terms of creation days, provides a declarative model of the creation where God "speaks" things into existence.

Verse routePsalms 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. [kjv]
Verse routeεις το τελος ψαλμος τω δαυιδ οι ουρανοι διηγουνται δοξαν θεου ποιησιν δε χειρων αυτου αναγγελλει το στερεωμα [lxx]

As God can declare that things exist, the heavens can declare the glory of God.

6. Genesis 1:1
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KJV: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Hebrew: בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ׃
Greek: εν αρχη εποιησεν ο θεος τον ουρανον και την γην

7. Psalms 19:1
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KJV: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Hebrew: למנצח מזמור לדוד השמים מספרים כבוד אל ומעשה ידיו מגיד הרקיע׃
Greek: εις το τελος ψαλμος τω δαυιδ οι ουρανοι διηγουνται δοξαν θεου ποιησιν δε χειρων αυτου αναγγελλει το στερεωμα

8. Genesis 1:1 Declarative models
Verse routeGenesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [kjv]
Verse routeεν αρχη εποιησεν ο θεος τον ουρανον και την γην [lxx]

Model of creation
The "declarative" model of creation is before Adam and Eve were created. The exact way it happened does not matter.

It does not make sense to try to map time and space of reality as is known now to the that period.

The "historical" model of humanity started with Adam and continues to the present day. The exact dates do not matter.

This is known more precisely since the start of written records and less precisely before then.

To show that the Bible is a true message from the creator, (fault-tolerant and error correcting) authentication codes are needed.

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9. Song: O Worship the King
Verse routePsalms 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. [kjv]

The hymn "O Worship the King", by Robert Grant, is based, in part, on Psalms 104, a poetic statement of the creation.

By contrast, the creation account in Genesis provides a declarative model of the creation. A declarative model of a system is a model that describes the what of a system but not the how (or why) of a system. Music: O worship the King


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10. Duality in computation
There are two ways of looking at computation.
The good computer scientist needs to understand both views and how to switch between them as needed.

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11. Nontrivial problems
Dijkstra says that a nontrivial problem is nontrivial and complexity is inherent in solving difficult problems. Anything that can make programs easier to understand (and more declarative) should be a welcome change.

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12. Variable declarations
This term "declare" is used in computer science but also describes the creation story at another level since, in each step of creation, God says or speaks (or declares) what is to be done.

Some programming languages require that variables (named storage locations) be "declared" (by the programmer in written form) as to their type, etc. Such statements are called "variable declarations".

13. Views
Many ideas have both a logical and a physical view. Note: In more complex systems, there can be more than one logical view, but there is essentially only one physical view (that is, reality).

14. Semantics
In programming language theory, there are (at least) two types of semantics (meaning) of programming languages. As programming systems become larger, the denotational view becomes more important and the operational view less important.

15. Hymnal example
Page maps
When someone says to turn to page 123 in a hymnal, there are people who will argue that hymn number 123 is not on page 123. Logical pages do not always match physical pages.

Physical page 123 may not have the hymn at logical page 123. This becomes more apparent as one works with web pages.

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