"Koala utilizes a sloppy programming approach that interprets pseudo-natural language instructions, as opposed to formal programming language statements that mu

"Koala utilizes a sloppy programming approach that interprets pseudo-natural language instructions, as opposed to formal programming language statements that must be syntactically correct. Each step in a sloppy program is processed by an interpreter that tries to evaluate the step in the context of a given web page’s content, elements, and available actions. For instance, given the Google home page, and the slop click search button, the interpreter would propose to programmatically click the search button. "We describe the algorithm in three basic steps[...]" https://ofb.net/~tlau/research/papers/koala-chi07.pdf https://ofb.net/~tlau/research/papers/koala-chi07.pdf https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/121718 https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/121718 Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29259897 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29259897