Re: [fonc] Unsolved problem in computer science? Fixing shortcuts.

2014-10-07 Thread Fernando Cacciola
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Re: [fonc] Unsolved problem in computer science? Fixing shortcuts.

2014-10-07 Thread Fernando Cacciola
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Fernando Cacciola fernando.cacci...@gmail.com wrote: I do realise of course that maintaining a gigantic master index of all files is not applicable to the real world, but nonetheless I think the general form of the solution (split identity from location

Re: [fonc] Deoptimization as fallback

2013-07-31 Thread Fernando Cacciola
as a fallback but only for validation and debugging. -- Fernando Cacciola SciSoft Consulting, Founder http://www.scisoft-consulting.com ___ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc

Re: [fonc] Natural Language Wins

2013-04-09 Thread Fernando Cacciola
interesting how you proved me wrong by being rational about our irrationality though. Best -- Fernando Cacciola SciSoft Consulting, Founder http://www.scisoft-consulting.com ___ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc

Re: [fonc] Natural Language Wins

2013-04-06 Thread Fernando Cacciola
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 2:58 PM, BGB cr88...@gmail.com wrote: expecting everyone to agree on much of anything is probably unrealistic... Yet there is one thing we can all agree on... that we cannot all agree on one thing. -- Fernando Cacciola SciSoft Consulting, Founder http://www.scisoft

Re: [fonc] Smalltalk-75

2012-04-19 Thread Fernando Cacciola
, is Smalltalk (even -72). Because these children might have been exceptional, but IIUC is not like they were, say, a forth-generation of mathematicians and programmers who learned how to assemble a computer at age 3 :) Best -- Fernando Cacciola SciSoft Consulting, Founder http://www.scisoft-consulting.com