21 Aug
2001
21 Aug
'01
2:53 p.m.
At 06:28 PM 8/21/2001 +0100, you wrote:
The point made in the papers was that in SE we do not have that basic understanding. We do not really know the materials with which we work.
The compiler is a mass-production module which you might say automates a lot of steps. But at the higher level, we have human ingenuity developing algorithms based on insights. I don't see any way to automate that entirely. The algorithm thread stretches back to pre-computer days and is therefore "platform independent" in a stronger sense. I'd start with algorithms, which is not entirely distinct from data structures; the two concepts are intimately interwoven, as are "game rules" and "game board" or "game apparatus". Kirby