From: thunk <gmkoller@...>
Date: 2010-03-29T20:25:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Boid writeup idea


Absolutely fascinating.

"Largely a BlackBoard system" you say?

Thunk seemed excited about his new "WhiteBoard" system, before he
faded away.
He had things working,  and was timing and doing other analysis of the
newest factored design.  He seemed to believe that at about 2,000
"boids" per second some serious work could get done.

Let me add that he was not liking his persona much either, but had
limited time for communications.  Also, he had a sense of humor, and
liked pulling some chains.  He was chuckling about his
"NotTestingClass" and really puzzled what else to call it.  Please
note that when he showed up here he was trying determine if his
project would be of serious utility to serious programmers.

There is still plenty of room for confusion.

Who could be the least interested in a simple / pure 100% Ruby system
that uses simple concepts to do trivial things like saving a few
millions of dollars, and a smattering of lives here and there, and
such as all that?

So, I think you are right, I'd also be inclined to wait for those
professors to do a really serious job at this stuff - even if it is in
Ocram8 or something.

Anyway, very seriously, it is all getting talked about.