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Inform 7 - Natural Language programming
Author:  btiffin [ Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Inform 7 - Natural Language programming
Just a heads up.

Check out http://www.inform-fiction.org/I7/Welcome.html It may mean more to me than other members of this esteemed community but this programming language is way cool. The output programs are a little old school (I grew up playing Advent and Zork and Hitchhikers Guide) but the source code is very close to natural English. If you don't know about Grues or why xyzzy is a common Easter Egg, you may want to spend awhile in the Colossal Cave or Zork. Interactive Fiction is the old pre graphic games that start with things like
code:
You wake up in a small, dimly lit room.  In the room is round table.
On the table is a red key, a dirty plate and a rusty fork.
There are stairs going down and a locked wooden door to the south.
>>get red key
Key taken.
>> go south
The door is locked.
Anyway, the version 7 of Inform has a natural language interface to writing interactive fiction. The resulting programs may seem kinda lame, but the language itself is worthy of a glance; just to see what can be done in the Human Computer Interface arena. Plus it really is a great way to get the creative juices flowing; especially if you like writing. Very well documented.

Cheers
Author:  apomb [ Tue May 20, 2008 7:20 pm ]
Post subject:  RE:Inform 7 - Natural Language programming
I'm going to try this out, i'm not one for the maths, so the natural languageness of this should be interesting to wrap my head around.
Author:  michaelp [ Tue May 20, 2008 8:01 pm ]
Post subject:  RE:Inform 7 - Natural Language programming
Looks like an interesting language to play around with.
And boy, do you really have an urge to find these out of the grass languages. Very Happy

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