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"Take EXPLOR, for example: here is a programming language with probabilistic execution (every instruction specifies the probability with which it should be exec
by skirge 2y ago
"Take EXPLOR, for example: here is a programming language with probabilistic execution (every instruction specifies the probability with which it should be executed) and no variables -- every instruction operates on either the screen image or other instructions" https://esolangs.org/wiki/Prehistory_of_esoteric_programming_languages https://esolangs.org/wiki/Prehistory_of_esoteric_programming...
- esperent 2y agoThanks for sharing, that was an interesting read. > every instruction specifies the probability with which it should be executed Is this still precise, in a way that prompting llms isn't? I'd need to explore the language in more depth to answer that, but if it does what I assume which is basically a string of instructions like do x with probability y, then it's still precise, except we're using probability theory in addition to/instead of standard programming logic.