Re: [fonc] Universal language and system programming

2013-04-22 Thread Chris Warburton
John Carlson yottz...@gmail.com writes: If there truly is a universal language, is it a systems language? A logic language can describe hardware. What about things like pointers? Have they come up with self-referential logic? On Apr 20, 2013 11:18 PM, John Carlson yottz...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [fonc] Report Card

2013-04-22 Thread Paul Odle
Casey, I agree with your sentiments here. Just a lurker. I have learned a lot. I was motivated to attempt writing a compiler in OMETA for a pet project of mine. It has all been very interesting and very enjoyable. Even the trolls were interesting and funny at times. Waiting for the final

Re: [fonc] Universal language and system programming

2013-04-22 Thread John Carlson
I have this idea that impredicative systems create little universes that exist separate from the larger universe, including recursive universes, impenetrable universes et al. But then that leads me to self-enveloping universes. This moment contains all moments -- CS Lewis On Apr 22, 2013 4:33

Re: [fonc] Report Card

2013-04-22 Thread Yoshiki Ohshima
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Casey Ransberger casey.obrie...@gmail.com wrote: I wanted to send this message out after the final status report, but since that's indefinitely delayed (keep going!) I'm just going to do it now. Easy question: has keeping this dialogue open been useful to the