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Re:Generating code from natural language is closer than you ... by hasenj on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @02:23AM (#1913293)
I was expecting it to be filled with red, not just have a very thin red border.
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Re:Generating code from natural language is closer than you ... by ludwig on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @04:09AM (#1913559)
You're thinking of a disk: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=draw+a+red+disk
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Re:Generating code from natural language is closer than you ... by jared314 on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @06:59AM (#1913921)
That is a good example of how people are not precise enough with their natural language to be computationally useful.
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Re:Generating code from natural language is closer than you ... by ewjordan on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @02:34AM (#1913317)
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=draw+a+red+filled+circl...
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Re:Generating code from natural language is closer than you ... by kemayo on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @04:08AM (#1913554)
It's still a bit iffy.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=draw+a+green+filled+red...

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