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SHRDLU resurrection

by ehudla on 2/11/19, 10:05 PM with 4 comments

  • by theamk on 2/12/19, 1:57 AM

    Impressive! But reading the queries like below:

    > Person: IS THERE ANYTHING WHICH IS BIGGER THAN EVERY PYRAMID BUT IS NOT AS WIDE AS THE THING THAT SUPPORTS IT?

    > Computer: YES, THE BLUE BLOCK.

    ... makes me want to add some punctuation / variable definitions there. Natural human language is really not the best for expressing conplex multilevel relationships. The math-like notation would make that more readable and less error prone.

  • by nigrioid on 2/12/19, 8:03 AM