From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Mar 12 15:37:58 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: unknown); 12 Mar 2002 23:37:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 71957 invoked from network); 12 Mar 2002 23:37:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m10.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Mar 2002 23:37:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (216.27.131.50) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Mar 2002 23:37:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2CNbsS06837 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:37:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:37:52 -0500 (EST) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] lojban application in wearable computing In-Reply-To: <20020312223652.GU25495@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1138703 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 11:52:52PM +0100, Bj??rn Gohla wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > today i talked to a computer science student working on his diploma > > thesis at my university. he is concerned with how to make it easy for > > users of wearable computers to compose and configure software modules > > on their devices. we discussed how lojban could help non programmers > > in telling the gadgets what to do. we will perhaps go into details > > tomorrow. > > > > yes, i am rather excited 8) > > Wow, that's very cool, especially as I have been pondering the same > issues myself in my head (I've been interested in wearables for years). > Please let me know if I can help. I tend to think that Lojban is useful here as a "native language" for such devices, for internal use, testing & debugging and concept proofs, since it's so much easier (in theory) to work with Lojban than any other language. And once the bugs are worked out, an English/Lojban translation layer is created. At least that's what I intend for my inference engine. So far, in seeking a language for that project, I have one vote for Lisp, one for Prolog, and one for Rosetta! Looks like I will have to do due diligence to break the tie. -- When a system is in harmony with the Tao, the compiler makes applications and utilities. When a system goes counter to the Tao, accounting logs fill the root directory.