link oriented programming

[Nova]

Your idea of link oriented programming sounds interesting but I don't have a totally clear image of how it works.

Would it be possible for you to explain it, and even if possible compare it to a typical object oriented approach?

Thank you.

[John Ohno]

[qb] Posted by:Unknown User( [e-mail] ) on comp.lang.misc

Erc was designed to combine the most cognitive-like functions of OO,
List processing, hypertext, and function-based programming paradigms
into something new, in order to provide an especially good coding
environment for AI-type applications. This was called Link-orientation,
because although it incorporates some of the ideas of OO, List
processing, etc., it changes those ideas to go with the theme of
artifical cognition and knowledge representation, in an effort to
simulate multiple facets of AI technology. Today, I bought a book on
AI, and I'm planning to attempt to translate some of the algorithms
into Erc as a test of its success. Link-orientation, however is not
purely OO or anything else, nor is it really a mish-mash of their
respective parts (like incr[TCL] or Java with Lists); it really is a
paradigm shift (though we will see if it's a good one presently),
because it incorporates the ideas, not the grammar, of these paradigms,
and adapts them according to its own unique idea of a linking system
(like a cross between an interactive web page with memory and a neural
net with built-in logic/math

[/qb]
There's also some interesting stuff on link orientation in the revisions, and on the main site. I posted various info in places such as EH and Google Groups, and I can find them for you if you like, though a quick search for "erc" or "link-orientation" should pop them up. I can also elaborate a little more if necessary, but I've written quite a bit on the subject online, so that might not be necessary.