Compositional Programming
Trained neural networks as first-class mathematical objects. Add them. Subtract them. Commit them with SHA-256. Combine a learned risk score and a compliance rule in a single auditable file. A quarterly model update ships as a reviewable algebraic delta -- not a full retrain. This has no prior art.
Why this matters
In stochastic deep learning, a model is a black box. Updating it means retraining, and explaining it means approximating after the fact. Compositional Programming changes the unit of work: a trained model is no longer an opaque artifact -- it's an algebraic object you can operate on directly.
Add two models and the result is exact, not an ensemble approximation. Subtract a prior version from a new one and the residual is the entire audit trail -- a precise, reviewable description of what changed and by how much. Commit any object with SHA-256 and its provenance becomes part of the mathematics, not a separate log file.
Residuals on Boolean composition (AND/OR/XOR/NAND/NOR) measure ~1e-7 at corners -- the float32 noise floor. Additive composition shows a max delta of ~7.5e-7 across 1,000 probes -- the float32 ULP limit. The algebra is exact to the precision of the hardware.