'The Pragmatic Programmer' has some good stuff to say on this. It is summarised in one of the tips:
Put Abstractions in Code, Details in Metadata Program for the general case, and put the specifics outside the compiled code base. http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ppbook/extracts/rule_list.html --- Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [031021 08:52]: > > > I think that the concept of data-driven code needs > to > be explored further. Hey Carl, you're the one who > wrote it! :-) New paradigm! > tj > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tim Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:06 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Building an Associate List > from a string > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello REBOLS: > > > > > > Think Item #4 in the Designers Tip Sheet: > > > "Data Drives It" > > > that's the idea in liquid. Data changes cause the > reactions in your > > application. gadgets in liquid-vid just become > data handlers which > > pump user's actions into data changes. The rest > of the application > > then reacts on its own, since you've instructed > what to do with the > > data.. > > > you know, when I come to think of it, that's > somewhat related to AI > > neural network thinking. when setup correctly, > you can even have some > > liquids filling up other liquids in cascade. Some > care must be taken > > for infinite cycles, but liquid has refinements to > control that. > > > with this perspective in mind, liquid-vid becomes > the sensory engine > > and liquid is the neural network. > > > spills then do the thinking and can relate to a > context, so that > > decisions can be based on experience... > > > Can anyone with real AI experience validate the > above claims? > > > > -MAx > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email > to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the > subject. > > -- > Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the > subject. > ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
