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Submission + - sxc: generate C with Common Lisp macros (github.com)

Submitted by kruhft on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @04:21PM

kruhft writes: sxc is an S-Expression based language transpiler that has the feel of C wrapped in parenthesized expressions that compiles to standard C code. This structure allows for the creation of code generation macros using the full power of the host Common Lisp environment, a language designed for operating on S-Expressions, also known as Lists. It is unknown exactly what power might come about from this combination of low level processing with high level code generation. Can you think of any possible uses?

Submission + - Cleverbot Passes Turing Test (geekosystem.com)

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kruhft

on Sunday September 11, 2011 @04:07PM

kruhft writes: "It seems that Cleverbot, the chatbot so ready to admit that it was a unicorn during a discussion with itself, has passed the Turing test. This past Sunday, the 1334 votes from a Turing test held at the Techniche festival in Guwahati, India were released. They revealed that Cleverbot was voted to be human 59.3% of the time. Real humans did only slightly better and were assumed to be humans 63.3% of the time. That being the case, Cleverbot's success in conning people into thinking it was human is greater than chance, and therefore, one could argue that it has technically passed the Turning test."

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Using Code with an Expired Patent 1

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kruhft

on Thursday July 28, 2011 @12:07PM

kruhft writes: "I was recently doing some research into Genetic Programming and found through a blog post that looks to be useful. After looking over the code and license, I found that this was the first piece of code I had seen that was protected by a patent, issued on June 19, 1990. I read that patents last for 20 years, meaning that the patent that this code refers to is expired. Is there any way for me to be sure that using this code is safe from any patent troll attacks if I choose to use it? Would rewriting the code keep me from violating any other patents that the author might have regarding the use of such an algorithm? Does the code pass into the public domain after the patent expires?"

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