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.... to the pioneering role played by Europe in the development of structured programming[16] and objectoriented programming[62] Algol and Pascal, the linux kernel; 2 and outstanding public domain support for the T E X environment[26] and GhostScript[35] At a more philosophical level, also see [48] [46], and [25] among many. Moreover, Europe is interested in the development of a more cosmopolitan computer tradition, one that would retain some independence vis a vis the US commercial and cultural market. For this purpose, Europe can often speak with an e#ective voice also for the rest of the ....

....investment in appreciating the resources and limitations of the computer ecology, but not the acquisition of the language habits of a di#erent species. 2. 3 Basic tools and modular resources Knowledge can be defined as any kind of successful adapatation (from the knowledge owner s viewpoint[46]) to certain aspects of the world. Ultimately, the Knowledge Home will succeed only if it will allow one to develop more useful models of what one cares about in the world. We envisage quite humble, user and domain specific models of the world, put together by the end user as the need arises. ....

Plotkin, Henry, Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge, Harvard U. Press 1993.

.... Constructs such as selection pressure, types of selection, units of selection, variation, and differential reproduction (see, e.g. Dawkins, 1976, 1986; Falconer Mackay, 1989; Roughgarden, 1996) may help us understand the dynamics of learning (e.g. Campbell, 1960; Donahoe Palmer, 1994; Plotkin, 1993; Popper, 1972; Skinner, 1981; Staddon Simmelhag, 1971) 4 If we view different responses as analogous to a population of individuals and reinforcement and extinction of these responses as analogous to a fitness function defined over the individuals (cf. Glenn, 1991) then the processes of ....

Plotkin, H. (1993). Darwin machines and the nature of knowledge. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

....a massproduction culture. However much one may share materials, technique, and style with the whole tribe, the artifacts of personal knowledge are bound to be one of a kind. 2. 3 Modular resources Knowledge can be defined as any kind of successful adapatation (from the knowledge owner s viewpoint[29]) to certain aspects of the world. Ultimately, the knowledge home will succeed only if it will allow one to develop more useful models of what one cares about in the world. Making a new primary model (a street map of Boston, an adventure movie, a scientific theory) requires competence, ....

Plotkin, Henry, Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge, Harvard Univ. Press (1993), xviii+269 pp.

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Plotkin, H.C. (1993). Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge.

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