John D Salt <jdsalt_AT_gotadsl.co.uk> writes: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > [Snips] >> Wrong. We live in a paradise of ideas and possibilities well beyond the >> wildest dreams of only 20 years ago. > > What exciting new ideas exist in software that are both important and > cannot be traced back to 1986 or earlier?
Well, I would have thought of Genetic Programming but it dates back at least 1980: The first experiments with GP were reported by Stephen F. Smith (1980) and Nichael L. Cramer (1985), as described in the famous book Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection by John Koza (1992). > I'd like to believe that there are some, but I can't think of any at the > moment. I think we're just in a Matrix loop... -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ COMPONENT EQUIVALENCY NOTICE: The subatomic particles (electrons, protons, etc.) comprising this product are exactly the same in every measurable respect as those used in the products of other manufacturers, and no claim to the contrary may legitimately be expressed or implied. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list