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in reply to Re: Re: Artificial Intelligence Programming in Perl
in thread Artificial Intelligence Programming in Perl

A prof of mine argues the scruffy position rather eloquently (paraphrased):

I think the scruffy approach is best suited for actually solving real-world problems, and the neat approach is best suited for research into how people think. (Carrying the bird/plane analogy, we build rigid-wing aircraft to fly people and cargo around, and ornithopters to learn about bird flight.

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The hell with paco, vote for Erudil!
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