Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!KESTREL.ARPA!ladkin From: ladkin@KESTREL.ARPA (Peter Ladkin) Newsgroups: comp.ai.digest Subject: the wonder of words Message-ID: <8711092311.AA08573@kestrel> Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 17:11:19 EST Article-I.D.: kestrel.8711092311.AA08573 Posted: Mon Nov 9 17:11:19 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Nov-87 07:27:52 EST Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 9 Approved: ailist@kl.sri.com gee, first ken laws says that maybe ai researchers don't need to think too deeply, but maybe build whimsical experimental systems, and now he's saying that automatic programming won't work because algorithms are just too hard to design. i praise him for his consistency - one view certainly follows from the other. i might use the old five-letter expletive popularised by t.j. watson. peter ladkin ladkin@kestrel.arpa