one liner

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I liked the 'sound' part of the one-liner,
get it, TUNES-sound, it would add a comical edge
to the one-liner. Just a (non-serious) thought.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joerg F. Wittenberger" <Joerg.Wittenberger@pobox.com>
To: "Brian T Rice" <water@tunes.org>
Cc: <tunes@tunes.org>
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: one liner


> Helo Brian,
>
> Brian T Rice <water@tunes.org> writes:
>
> > I disagree in explaining it that way entirely.
> >
> > I proposed a similar one-liner which was "TUNES is to programming
> > languages as the internet is to networks." The use of it as an operating
>
> while this one liner might best describe TUNES, it doesn't really
> stress the related point towards Askemos.
>
> > but it's not specifically because we want it to be theoretically sound.
>
> But am I wrong if I understand that TUNES needs to be theoretical
> sound to achieve it's goals?
>
> > It's because we want the means of expression of ideas to be in charge,
>
> Having the means of expression being in charge requires theoretical
> soundness to me.  ("The meaning is determined by the theory behind.")
>
> May I ask: "In charge of what?"
>
> > which places the programming language first in the order of system
> > organization principles.
> >
> > I hope that this works for you.
>
> Not yet, let's try a few.
>
> > JFW>I want to emphasis the relation, but I'd like to
> > JFW>know whether you people would aggree with the line:
> >
> > JFW>TUNES - building a new OS on sound theory
>
> Ok, that's deemed bad.
>
> TUNES - computation based on theory
> TUNES - computation based on ideas
> TUNES - computation based on semantics
> TUNES - defining the semantics of compuations
> TUNES - basics of programming
>
> Thanks
>
> /Jerry
>
> --
> The worst of harm may often result from the best of intentions.