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It was in fact the latter. (I was inspired in part by Douglas Hofstadter, who did something similar on a smaller scale in "Le Ton Beau de Marot".)
by breadbox 13y ago
It was in fact the latter.
(I was inspired in part by Douglas Hofstadter, who did something similar on a smaller scale in "Le Ton Beau de Marot".)
- derekp7 13y agoSounds very similar to Guy Steel's "Growing a Language" talk. His constraint was to not use any word greater than one syllable unless it is defined by either one-syllable words, or other words that had been previously defined.
- dpritchett 13y agoThat really is a great talk! It's on Youtube too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0
- daviddaviddavid 13y agoWow. I was sure this was inspired by George Boolos' great "Godel's Second Incompleteness Theorem Explained in Words of One Syllable". http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Math/Milnikel/boolos-godel.pdf http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Math/Milnikel/boolos-godel.pdf I wonder if Hofstadter was inspired by Boolos?
- breadbox 13y agoActually, Hofstadter states that he was inspired by a magazine contest.