| … | … | @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Atomese can sometimes feel unusual. Like: "Why can't I just code in |
| 55 | 55 | python? It would be so much easier!" -- Well, but that misses the |
| 56 | 56 | point. And the point is, again: Atomese was designed for automation. |
| 57 | 57 | |
| 58 | What this really means that the graphs are meant to be easy for other | |
| 58 | What this really means is that the graphs are meant to be easy for other | |
| 59 | 59 | algorithms to manipulate. It's designed for ease-of-use by machines, |
| 60 | 60 | not for humans! The style is more barren, unadorned, without |
| 61 | 61 | short-cuts. Its a bit verbose at times. That's OK, machines don't mind |
| … | … | @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ verbosity and tedium. |
| 64 | 64 | Consider, for example, a graphical editor - something where you can |
| 65 | 65 | drag-n-drop, hand-draw interacting bubble diagrams. Something easy |
| 66 | 66 | to use - something a medical professional could get the hang of in |
| 67 | half an hour - something where a disease model could be sketched out | |
| 67 | a few hours - something where a disease model could be sketched out | |
| 68 | 68 | with bubbles and lines and flow-charts. The goal of Atomese is that |
| 69 | 69 | it becomes easy -- really easy -- to convert such diagrams into |
| 70 | 70 | executable code. That's what Atomese is designed to do. |
| … | … | @@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ model works. The model generator might try to fit an existing dataset. |
| 80 | 80 | Alternately, it could mutate models so as to obtain certain |
| 81 | 81 | characteristics. This moves beyond just adjusting some parameters |
| 82 | 82 | in some hand-created, hypothesized model. This is not just some |
| 83 | monte-carlo search or machine-learning hill-climbing for paramter | |
| 84 | tuning. This is a whole-sale creation of previously non-existant | |
| 83 | monte-carlo search or machine-learning hill-climbing for parameter | |
| 84 | tuning. This is a whole-sale creation of previously non-existent | |
| 85 | 85 | code. Atomese allows software to read, understand, mutate, modify |
| 86 | 86 | and write programs. |
| 87 | 87 |
| … | … | @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ |
| 59 | 59 | ; python? It would be so much easier!" -- Well, but that misses the |
| 60 | 60 | ; point. And the point is, again: Atomese was designed for automation. |
| 61 | 61 | ; |
| 62 | ; What this really means that the graphs are meant to be easy for other | |
| 62 | ; What this really means is that the graphs are meant to be easy for other | |
| 63 | 63 | ; algorithms to manipulate. It's designed for ease-of-use by machines, |
| 64 | 64 | ; not for humans! The style is more barren, unadorned, without |
| 65 | 65 | ; short-cuts. Its a bit verbose at times. That's OK, machines don't mind |
| … | … | @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ |
| 68 | 68 | ; Consider, for example, a graphical editor - something where you can |
| 69 | 69 | ; drag-n-drop, hand-draw interacting bubble diagrams. Something easy |
| 70 | 70 | ; to use - something a medical professional could get the hang of in |
| 71 | ; half an hour - something where a disease model could be sketched out | |
| 71 | ; a few hours - something where a disease model could be sketched out | |
| 72 | 72 | ; with bubbles and lines and flow-charts. The goal of Atomese is that |
| 73 | 73 | ; it becomes easy -- really easy -- to convert such diagrams into |
| 74 | 74 | ; executable code. That's what Atomese is designed to do. |
| … | … | @@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ |
| 84 | 84 | ; Alternately, it could mutate models so as to obtain certain |
| 85 | 85 | ; characteristics. This moves beyond just adjusting some parameters |
| 86 | 86 | ; in some hand-created, hypothesized model. This is not just some |
| 87 | ; monte-carlo search or machine-learning hill-climbing for paramter | |
| 88 | ; tuning. This is a whole-sale creation of previously non-existant | |
| 87 | ; monte-carlo search or machine-learning hill-climbing for parameter | |
| 88 | ; tuning. This is a whole-sale creation of previously non-existent | |
| 89 | 89 | ; code. Atomese allows software to read, understand, mutate, modify |
| 90 | 90 | ; and write programs. |
| 91 | 91 | ; |