On måndag, juli 8, 2002, at 08:38 , Perl Authors Upload Server wrote:
> > The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > modid: GEB::Hyphen > DSLIP: adpOp > description: "Godel, Escher, Bach" hyphen languages > userid: DEREK (Derek Thomson) > chapterid: 11 (String_Lang_Text_Proc) > communities: > newsgroups > > similar: > > rationale: > > This module allows the specification of hyphen languages as > described in the book "Godel, Escher, Bach" by Doug Hofstadter. Once > defined, sentences may be tested against the languages to determine > if they are valid. > > I also propose the GEB root namespace as a namespace for all > "Godel, Escher, Bach" related modules. I intend to implement as many > of the illustrative examples that I can as I progress through the > book, and others may wish to do the same, or even explore related > ideas in interesting ways. > > For example, one of my colleagues has already started on a > typogenetics module, which would be named GEB::Typogenetics. > I am a bit sceptical of a GEB toplevel, since the modules aren't really useful they might go into Acme::GEB or Acme::GodelEscherBach, or if they are useful, what about Math::GEB or Math::GodelEscherBach. Arthur
