I think that there's two kinds of code, and that's what's causing the
argument- there's code that's written to accomplish things, and there's
code that's written to communicate ideas.
Code is often used to communicate algorithims, especially crypto
algorithims. It's a good language for descri
At 02:20 PM 5/7/99 -0400, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:
>I'd like to take this argument one step further. It might well be possible
>with existing technology to write a computerprogram that converted a plain
>English description of an algorithm into C. Natural language understanding
>programs do best
I agree. But the next (legally and commercially) exciting question is to
what extent this works for object code
On 7 May 1999, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> I hate to say this, because it sounds "convenient" and "weird", but I
> really believe that much source code *is* expression in the fir
I'd like to take this argument one step further. It might well be possible
with existing technology to write a computerprogram that converted a plain
English description of an algorithm into C. Natural language understanding
programs do best with a limited vocabulary and clear semantics, as would
I hate to say this, because it sounds "convenient" and "weird", but I
really believe that much source code *is* expression in the first
amendment sense that the 9th circuit held.
It isn't for nothing that for decades, students of computer science
have had beaten into their skulls "remember, code
