--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/27/technology/intentional_software.biz2/index.htm?section=magazines_business2 > > Thoughts?
(yawn) IBM once claimed they had a product that would "eliminate programming". It was called FORTRAN. Software development is an AI problem. You have to combine a natural language specification which is usually vague and incomplete, with expectations about how users think, how similar software works, knowledge of protocols and standards, hardware limitations, and the cognitive limitations of the programmers who will have to test, debug, modify, and maintain your code. All of this knowledge is uncertain and comes from vast experience. The product described does none of this. It is a programming language where you write code using a mix of text, diagrams, and tables instead of pure text. It's been done before. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=37180891-34234b
