Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence"A dizzying display of intellect and wild imaginings by Moravec, a world-class roboticist who has himself developed clever beasts . . . Undeniably, Moravec comes across as a highly knowledgeable and creative talent--which is just what the field needs".--Kirkus Reviews. |
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... Machine - language programming was a great labor saver . But in- creased memory , speed , and availability of computers soon lured their users to problems so large and complex that even machine language became unbearably tedious . A machine ...
... Machine - language programming was a great labor saver . But in- creased memory , speed , and availability of computers soon lured their users to problems so large and complex that even machine language became unbearably tedious . A machine ...
Page 79
... language into often long machine - language sequences . The user of a high - level language had little or no knowledge of the final program produced . Compilers used even more of the computer's valuable time than did assemblers and ...
... language into often long machine - language sequences . The user of a high - level language had little or no knowledge of the final program produced . Compilers used even more of the computer's valuable time than did assemblers and ...
Page 133
... machine language , which would work on only one type of machine , but by means of an ephemeral C version of themselves that was immediately translated by the compiler into the machine language of whatever machine it was compiling for ...
... machine language , which would work on only one type of machine , but by means of an ephemeral C version of themselves that was immediately translated by the compiler into the machine language of whatever machine it was compiling for ...
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