On: Lincos language

[feltsense]

I posted this because Alan Kay linked to it in the context of objects that come with their own interpreters: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11957719.

This was in the same thread where he and Rich Hickey discussed "data": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11945722, which was mentioned here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23891069.

[dwohnitmok → feltsense]

That data thread makes me very sad. Two technology leaders completely talking past each other and not understanding the other over and over again.

[AnimalMuppet → dwohnitmok]

Maybe they need... an interpreter?

Right, I'll show myself out...

[hcarvalhoalves → dwohnitmok]

Well, I believe it only highlights how fundamental definitions of things like "data" aren't even universally agreed upon in our field.