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Elephant 2000, John McCarthy new programming language.

• bayareaguy 19y ago
  I don't know what InfoQ is thinking putting an article in 2 text boxes with clickboxes to expand the sections. Here's the text of the article in a much easier to read format: http://jottit.com/u9hf6 http://jottit.com/u9hf6
• ntoshev 19y ago
  I must admit I don't understand the benefits of embedding some form of temporal reasoning in a language or library. Anyone care to explain?
  • apgwoz 19y ago
    I don't either at the moment, but I bet many didn't see the significance of Lisp (then or now) either.
  • giardini 19y ago
    What's the alternative? He's writing AI programs that reason about events: ergo the need for temporal reasoning.
• st3fan 19y ago
  It sounds like the concepts he is describing are more appropriate for a DSL within an existing language than in a completely new language.
• manny 19y ago
  Unfortunately that was rather difficult to watch and follow. I'd rather read it, so thanks bayareaguy.