Re: Will Java Replace .NET?

From: news (sales_at_logicians.com)
Date: 12/26/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:41:32 GMT

> Yech. I wrote a couple of those Natural language systems, in Prolog, and
I
> can tell you that there is nothing "advanced" about describing an
algorithm
> in English. When I want to communicate an algorithm in an article or
book,
> I write it in code. Why? Because it is more "advanced" to describe
things
> in a language that is designed for the description. If you want to
discuss
> philosophy, use English (or French). But if you want to describe
complex,
> mathematical operations, use code.

I know Gates has his teeth is trying to crack self-adpative algorithms which
are more advanced than self-tuning. Most postgraduates know that limits in
logic make it impossible to use current programming to solve complex
problems, like vision control, speech analysis. Although simple programs
exist, they still exist mainly using hardware to process and digitise
signals, eg voice, and not actually process the conversation, eg single word
answers.

You probably know that predictions of "thinking" algorithms were widely
predicted 20 years ago, but no one has been able to crack the problem.

I included one link below:
http://research.microsoft.com/nlp/

Is it cold? or is it less than 0 degrees? Try coding "cold" in c#, and find
you need 20 conditions, try coding the logic for a conversation and find you
need 20 million conditions.

Anyway, I want to upgrade my c# systems, and am looking for a new language.

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