Re: Larry Wall on conlanging
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 19, 1999, 17:55 |
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On Wed, 19 May 1999, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> When I was younger (I was 10 I think, I didn't even begin to conlang), I
> thought of creating a programming language that would map exactly French
> (translation: talk in French to your computer and it will obey). But I soon
> discovered articles about AI and I understood that it would be impossible
> with my computer (at that time I had an Amstrad CPC 6128 -if anyone knows-
> with a Z80 processor and 64ko of RAM! And I knew only BASIC!). Anyway, does
> it exist now?
Which: Basic, 64k computers or the Z80? I had an original PC with a Z80
converter, but that broke down eventually. I don't know if they ever
developped anything beyond the Z80 or not. If I remember right, you could
buy IBM PCs with anywhere from 16k to 640, maybe 64k on board (in the days
when you had to put the chips in one by one). I think it was 64, and you
could put together a memory card with up to 640k. In any event, it's a
darn fine thing they've improved, because the Kernu grammar is darned near
half a meg. I'd never be able to work with it on one of those old
machines.
Padraic.