John McCarthy's proposal for the language of the futurewww-formal.stanford.edu 115 pointsprotagonist_h14 years ago1 commentSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−wedesoft14yMy favourite quote from his talk about 'Elephant 2000': "In 'Elephant' the programmer would write nothing about an array or database for storing reservations. Arrays of course would be necessary but the compiler would invent them."
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My favourite quote from his talk about 'Elephant 2000': "In 'Elephant' the programmer would write nothing about an array or database for storing reservations. Arrays of course would be necessary but the compiler would invent them."