tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334018989882702842.post4096670555040841339..comments2024-01-12T23:22:31.704-08:00Comments on relativistic observer: Different Modes of ThoughtMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314130812566991108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334018989882702842.post-89544519975978649712012-05-01T02:54:47.605-07:002012-05-01T02:54:47.605-07:00I think I have a major breakthrough:
http://coput...I think I have a major breakthrough:<br /><br />http://copute.com/docs/Extension.txt<br /><br />It has been rolling around in my head since October 2011. Found the exact solution and wrote it down on Sunday.<br /><br />As far as I know, no programming language can do that. But there are 100s of experimental PLs, so I may be mistaken.<br /><br />Also I need to work out the detailed implementation and start testing it, to see if I really have an effective breakthrough.shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192118408905938326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334018989882702842.post-57521970995169568972012-04-30T10:40:08.784-07:002012-04-30T10:40:08.784-07:00I can understand that you are more focused on crea...I can understand that you are more focused on creating. I am not sure if we can achieve a big breakthrough with programming language design that would improve upon the tools you are currently using, but I currently very interested in this area, and I may have a few surprises up my sleeve yet.<br /><br />I read that Objective C does not support mixin multiple inheritance. It probably doesn’t have a bottom type, higher kinds, etc.. All appear to me to be critical things for the wide area modularity and reuse. But I still have to prove this. I mentioned in the Hackers blog that Objective C may not protect against buffer overruns and capability security model aided with pure functions (mentioned Joe-E research). Again all things that have yet to sufficiently proved.<br /><br />Apparently Objective C doesn't have as powerful GC as Java, and no GC on iOS.<br /><br />I think it was Bob Landson who worked near my cubicle and he and I had a long conversation one day out in the parking lot in 1993. He was very interested in exploring wavelets. It felt like he needed someone to talk to. He didn't want to stop talking and it was getting dark. I can't remember all the topics of our conversation, but I have some vague memory of coming away with the impression (not that he said he directly) that he felt out of place perhaps because of lacking implementation discipline or programming skills. He was a very nice person but I also came away with the impression that he had lots of fuzzy ideas (or maybe I just didn't understand the math well enough at that time) and at the time I was more interested in hearing about practical applications of theories and implementation strategies. I sensed that he was floating away from reality or something like that. I had my own issues at the time so maybe I am projecting my own emotions at the time. I am not sure if this is appropriate for a public blog. Feel free to edit any portions out. I was sadden to read about Bob's passing. I think at that time all of us were so busy and preoccupied. Seemed he really needed a friend. I am trying to say I sensed something was not right. I doesn't totally surprise me. But I have this strange ability to sense things before they happen. I sensed my sister's murder about 2 months before it happened in 2006. I have published articles, one in Oct 2010 where I predicted silver to go from $22 to $45-$48 before summar 2011, then fall to $25-$27. I have another published article in Jan 2010, where I predicted exactly gold price moves through Aug 2011. And I don't have alternative predictions out there during that time.<br /><br />There are many other examples of this. It is eerie. It is like I see a pattern and am able to see the future from it. Sometimes it is rationally thought out and explained, and other times it is just intuitive.<br /><br />I have also written a lot of nonsense ;) From crap ideas, sometimes important work is spawned.shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192118408905938326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334018989882702842.post-23752163817343021252012-02-05T10:00:52.544-08:002012-02-05T10:00:52.544-08:00It is amusing that you should post on the expressi...It is amusing that you should post on the expression problem, wince Phil Wadler is a childhood friend of mine (6th grade).<br /><br />I used to be involved in language design and such things. But I find Objective C to be perfectly fine for development. And C for gnarly computational work. But usually, I do the detail work of image processing and such in OpenCL, which runs on a GPU. You see, I am in the fast lane and things such as dynamic typing aren't generally my cup of tea.<br /><br />Nonetheless, I do see the wisdom in such pursuits. Developing larger and larger projects is a discipline that I have a knack for. OOP is necessary for this.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05314130812566991108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334018989882702842.post-32512421680554854072012-02-05T07:32:09.255-08:002012-02-05T07:32:09.255-08:00Perhaps if we improve our fundamental models for s...Perhaps if we improve our fundamental models for software engineering, hopefully we can spend more time being creative and less time unraveling spaghetti code.<br /><br />Have you looked at Scala?<br /><br />http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56860/what-is-the-liskov-substitution-principle/8279878#8279878<br /><br />http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8409822/complete-solutions-to-the-expression-problemshelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192118408905938326noreply@blogger.com