..English as a code..

[GSCole]

A news item, posted to the list merely for informational purposes.  A
conceptual approach to programming, from MIT.

"Natural languages like English, on the other hand, are universally
accessible, said Liu. 'Natural language is so semantically rich and
flexible that if it could be computationalized as a programming
language, maybe everyone could write programs,' he said."

Story at:
http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2005/032305/Tool_turns_English_to_code_032305.html

George Cole
Shippensburg University