Re: a golden oldie challenge: Eliza

Mark Tarver <dr.mtarver@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> Sorry I missed a couple of later attempts
>
> Lisp =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 150 LOC =C2=A0................ Peter Norvig
> Qi (slightly revised) =C2=A063 LOC =C2=A0 .................Mark Tarver
> Ruby =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A053 LOC =C2=A0 .................William James
> Q =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 10 LOC =C2=A0 ..................Steven Apter
> K =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
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=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 3 LOC =C2=A0...................Steven Apter
> Ruby (again)            17 LOC ...................William James
> Mathematica            20 LOC .................. Szabolcs
>
> Mark

So K wins the competition in brevity, but does the ability to squeeze
code into illegible character blobs say anything about the suitability
of a programming language for writing readable and understandable
programs? I'd rather follow the principle that "Programs must be written
for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute."...


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Dimitre Liotev
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