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Date: 11 Jun 93 23:08:09 GMT
From: eachus@mitre-bedford.arpa  (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: Neural Networks in Ada.
Message-ID: <EACHUS.93Jun11180809@spectre.mitre.org>
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In article <1993Jun10.191802.14923@topaz.ucq.edu.au> hannahp@topaz.ucq.edu.au w
rites:

   > I have coded back propagation myself, along with Kohonen, and
   > extension of Kohonen, and a number of others, but I am finding my
   > back prop code looks ugly and I am having trouble getting the
   > interface intuitive.

   A while back there was a discussion about the relation of
programming language and culture.  I was just reminded that there were
two places I would expect a posting like this: comp.lang.ada, and in
Multics Forums.  Everywhere else, "my code looks ugly" seems to be a
badge of honor, and intuitive interfaces are not a high priority....

    (Off to Paris, so hold your flames for a week...)


					Robert I. Eachus

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