Metaphor and Fortress - New programming Languages

Advances in programming languages from Assembly, C, C++ to C# or Java absorbed the complexities of programming. However, modern software development is not just programming. Lot of work happens outside the programming. Dr. Alan Perlis a prominent US Computer scientist said that “A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.” Metaphor is such a next Generation Language by Victoria Livschitz of Sun Microsystems.

Features of Metaphor

Following are the Four Features of the Metaphor Language

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   Distributed Runtime Environment
2. 
   
   Contextual Programming
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   Support for autonomous executable entities
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   Support for Software evolution and re-use

To find out more about this, read more in my blog Java and Technology / Metaphor and Fortress – New Programming Languages

The Future of the Brain

Picower Institute for Learning and Memory held a major scientific symposium entitled “The Future of the Brain” on December 1^st , 2005. The symposium focused on the future of neuroscience research. MIT president Susan Hockfield opened the days discussion.

The morning session featured talks by five Nobel Laureates including Susumu Tonegawa, Director of Picower Institute, and James D Watson. The afternoon session entitled “Change your mind” focused on the impact of Neuroscience of learning and memory on human health. The second session in the afternoon entitled “Expand your Mind” looked at the relationship between the human brain and mind.

To find out more about this, read more in my blog The Conscious Mind / The Future of the Brain