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COBOL is indeed the spiritual predecessor of SQL. We have learned a lot since then about PL design, to put it mildly.
by senderista 2mo ago
COBOL is indeed the spiritual predecessor of SQL. We have learned a lot since then about PL design, to put it mildly.
- pjmlp 2mo agoYes, we now programm in straight English, and hope the machine gets it right.
- huahaiy 2mo agoSo this really is a NL to query translation problem. That exactly is why the target language matters. Simpler target languages makes AI’s work easier, as it saves tokens and context, so it is less likely for AI to make mistakes.