Fwd: Computing Evolution

[Donn]

On Saturday, 27 December 2008 18:31:38 David Gerard wrote:
> The problem is that clear thinking is hard.
For sure -- I excel at not thinking thusly.

> "Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have
> tried to make it precise." - Bertrand Russell
And that vagueness is the reality. I reckon genetic algorithms via human 
click-click selection should be able to spawn working apps.

> Did you know that COBOL was going to "end programming"? All you had to
> do was define the problem to be solved.
No, I had no idea. Well, that's another cunning plan totally stuffed then :D

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