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The Yin and Yang of Programming [3000 views]

[This is from a paper we’re submitting to the International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP 2025)][update: the paper was rejected because we included our names, violating anonymity] Introduction Recursion and iteration are the Yin and Yang of programming. Conventional languages … Continue reading

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The Rise and Fall of GOFAI [3000 views]

Recently various pundits (including myself) have announced the end of Good Old Fashioned AI (GOFAI). But it has an impressive history, and encountered failure only on the verge of what would have been its greatest triumph. What is GOFAI? Some … Continue reading

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