I once had a notion to write a sort of "simple" expert system which
would analyze scripts according to the rules I look for when doing code
review manually, and offer suggestions for rewriting things it finds
which can be better optimized.
But the more I thought about it I quickly realized it's a far from
"simple" task.
I think of myself as being only reasonably bright, certainly replaceable
with a well-written script, but there are things even simple-minded
humans do cognitively that seem easy but are very difficult to transfer
to a machine too stupid to count past 1. Not impossible, as we see a
lot of interesting advancements in AI every year, but certainly more
work than I can justify attempting.
--
Richard Gaskin
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Roger Eller wrote:
Yeah. My latest thoughts on the subject would be having assistive tools in
the IDE.
~Roger
On Sep 14, 2013 1:58 PM, "Mark Wieder" <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:
Roger-
Saturday, September 14, 2013, 7:31:48 AM, you wrote:
> I said this is a naive view, but my vision of LiveCode is that it can be
> more efficient by being smarter at the core. Many developers prefer
> absolute control, i.e. regular expressions, arrays, etc. but others want
a
> human syntax to complex operations, and let the engine convert it, if
> necessary, to an optimal form for processing. I am one of the others,
btw.
> :)
Much as I like the idea of having the computer do all my thinking for
me <g> (shouldn't the engine be capable of determining the best sort
algorithm for a given set of data?) I think the overhead of having to
make those decisions would probably more than offset any performance
gains once the best algorithm was determined.
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